Annotated Bibliography of Diamondback Moth - part

General
bers, destroyed sugar--beet and red beet everywhere, especially
in Jutland. Pegomyia hyoscvami ( Anthom.v.ia conformis) a1iso
did much damage in southern Denmark. Ph orb it ( Chortophi/a)
bra sicur' destroyed 90% of the cabbages in certain locn lit
ies; and l'hyllo rea nemorum, P. atira and other flea beetles
attacked rape in immense nmnbers, especially in the dry early
summer, and also cruc i fers int gardens. Brevie'oi'n. Aphis)
brass We dest royed cabbages i n gardens in late summler, especia
I ly where manure had not. been used. A/eli .thes iieneus and
C,-uthor.hvchus assimilis (lid much damage in rape and turnip
fields in earlv summer. h''ris in (C c.'idom.vii) hraissic'ne was
ve ry numerous and (lid muilh damage to turnips cultivated for
seed. Cassida nehbulosa , l'tr't'larvae, Plutell maculipenn.is
( cr-tuci ft,'nw',) , E't.vd ,m olra ('('a and Aphis tumicis ( papaveris)
were minor* pests ,,f these crops. 11A I
0049. erd i naani(ls(n, C . ;md S . Hos I lrup. 192 1 . ltRpor t on i isect
pes ts and fungus di seases f t he F i e I ( and or chard i n 1920
T i dss k r . l l I tenv I. 27: G97-759. ( in Dan ish ).
P' ts oi ' calhbage, rape, turnips, and beet also incltuded
A. r'um i cis, the attacks of which were stopped at. the end of
ulle by ra itl a8(n the appea rance of the ftingus , Kmpusa ( Rn tomopt
/th,v.o iapihidlis. Si lpha otI'a d i (I mue'h damlage in Jut I and
d u r i n g Ilie 10 ) summer drought , and i n m y P)1aces I he
fields wt.r, qu it, des ttoyed by i I. tI0cgom.vi h'.os e'.vami was
Ve ry flumilert t' s i t t Ihe leaves of' beet • Chat to'nma (on lnna,
Calssid, nt-hilos,,, anl] (andorli't)I (tt.'d,''e ooc i ) mi i/ We we r'e minor
pes's of eet. Flea beetles, including Phvllotreta nomot'u.m,
weltt C(01iilnti , es pe r.i I i y olt cabba ge , tii u . he damage done was
rat her less than in preceding yearts. Couthorrh.vnchus qundridons
i r i rig in tIhe leaves, (. siulci co IIis ini gal Is ott the
roots, an( C. contra''t us at tack ing the lower su face of the
Ieaves , i n.j ured cabbages, ls also did Pieris braissicne arid P.
1'apile in the autumn, Ihough great numbers of them were parasit
iz(d by Apantle,s glomeralus. Spriny i g w i th salt an d
water 1 band fu I of sal 1 o a pa i I fulI of' water was e ffective
ga inst t hem; a st ronigetr sol u ti nii i njured the Plant s. A 2%
nicotine fit IFat. e so l t i rt in ori(eaux NMix tUre with 2% res in
soap added was aIis e ffe I i ve. t'Phor in C (C'hortohl i Ii) hrnz -'
sicie' was tr'ouIblesolie ini some pIaces, especial ly in gardens.
Curly leaf disease, caused by t he ni(ige, ('01/t rini i/I ini ti rt
ii , did much .'lnage, (-spc ially . o cauliflower. Plutel I
mitcu i pclnlis ( ('V'tc ','zrum) , Rut-vdm/, o0 lin cum, and flrevi-­
Coryt'.vn0 'phis) biissitae, were minor peast of cabbage. Much
damage was (alused to s edl,; ,,r cabbtage , turn ips , etc. , by M --
I igoth,.s ae:eus and (ut hor''h.vichus .rssimil is, and espec iia lIy
by Pn ' is ia ( Coec ilm.o'i hrtss ic'ae) . j NAE[",
0050. Fl etcher , 1'. It. 1920 . ,i re List oiies of I nd iatn insects:
Micro Iep idop t era. Mem. Dep . Agr i . I nldi a, lusn , En tomo 1 . ier
6:1 9. At the prt-uselt t I ime some, 4 5F1 g o',r a and 2, '122 species
of micro - Iepi doptera rire recordend fr'or n[tii ia, though many re-­
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