THE POTATO MOTH.
REPORTED ATTACKING TOMATOES. •Mr A. H. Cockayne, the State Biologist) reports that the potato moth has been quite prevalent in tomatoes in the Christchurch district. This is the first time that this insect has been recorded as injurious to this crop in New Zealand. The fruit appears to be the portion of the plant mainly attacked, but it is probable that the caterpillars will also be found feeding on the interior tissues of the leaves, just as they do in other solanaceous plants, notably the night-shade, poroporo, and tobacco. Unlike the true tomato moth, the potato moth appears to prefer attacking the tomato when quite hard and green. Timely spraying with arsenate of lead (it is advised) as for the control of the codlin moth should stop the moth from ever becoming a serious enemy of the tomato. Lea, of Tasmania, has recorded this insect as attacking the tomato, but he says its effects are in general restricted to the foliage.
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Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 23, 4 July 1911, Page 4
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