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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20679, 14 December 1938, Page 6

Now Ragwort Fly Interest attaches to the appearance iii the Whakamarama district of a Ay that gives promise of waging an effective war upon ragwort. Mr F. W. lioidge. M.P., recently wrote to the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. W. Lee Martin, drawing attention to the matter. Word has now been received from the • awthrun Institute identifying the insect as the pbytomyza atricurnis, or ragwort leaf miner. When present in large numbers it does considerable damage to the ragwort plant. A Putaruru farmer, Mr A. A. Riggtr, reports that the fly has made its appearance there in increasing numbers.