BROWN-TAIL MOTH DERMATITIS
- 30 October 1909
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. LIII (18) , 1463-1464
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.92550180001001f
Abstract
THE BROWN-TAIL MOTH The brown-tail moth orEuproctis chrysorrhæawas one of the first insects destructive to fruit-trees to be described by entomologists. The moth is a native of Europe and is common in all parts, except the extreme north. It is said that it first invaded this country in 1892, infesting a small territory in the vicinity of Somerville and Cambridge, Mass., the method of introduction being the importation of some roses from Holland by a Somerville florist.1 It was not until 1897, however, that any scientific investigations were made concerning the insect in this country. At this date the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture pursued a series of investigations to discover the insect causing the destruction of vegetation in and about the suburbs of Boston and proved the brown-tail mothKeywords
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