POTATO MOTH, POTATO TUBER MOTH, POTATO GRUB (Lita Solanella). Fig. 1. Potato in state of putrefaction after being bored by the grub. Fig. 2. Grub, about average size. Fig. 3. Head and first three segments, upper side, enlarged. Fig. 4. Ditto, under size. Fig. 5. Moth, natural size. Fig. 6. Ditto, magnified: this cut shows the body rather too pointed, and without the hairs on the last segment. Fig. 7. Fore-leg Of moth, magnified. Fig. 8. Hind ditto. Fig. 1. From nature; Figs. 3-8 after French, the markings on Figs. 5 and 6 slightly altered.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1202, 15 March 1895, Page 7
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95POTATO MOTH, POTATO TUBER MOTH, POTATO GRUB (Lita Solanella). Fig. 1. Potato in state of putrefaction after being bored by the grub. Fig. 2. Grub, about average size. Fig. 3. Head and first three segments, upper side, enlarged. Fig. 4. Ditto, under size. Fig. 5. Moth, natural size. Fig. 6. Ditto, magnified: this cut shows the body rather too pointed, and without the hairs on the last segment. Fig. 7. Fore-leg Of moth, magnified. Fig. 8. Hind ditto. Fig. 1. From nature; Figs. 3-8 after French, the markings on Figs. 5 and 6 slightly altered. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1202, 15 March 1895, Page 7
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