. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. TINEINA [nATRAOHKDRA. Nmiration of Coamoptoryx dncrydla. former rather elongate, sometimes nearly obsolete. Hindwings rather dark grey. S. England to Hereford and Norfolk, local; C. Europe; 7. Larva reddish-brown; head black; plate of 2 black, anterior edge white: in a silken gallery amongst needles of Finns sylvestris and P. excelsa ; 9-5. 5. CoSMOPTEItYX, lib. Antennae nearly 1, in S simple, basal joint very long. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint smooth, terminal longer, acute. Posterior tibiae rough-haired. Forewings: lb furcat
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. TINEINA [nATRAOHKDRA. Nmiration of Coamoptoryx dncrydla. former rather elongate, sometimes nearly obsolete. Hindwings rather dark grey. S. England to Hereford and Norfolk, local; C. Europe; 7. Larva reddish-brown; head black; plate of 2 black, anterior edge white: in a silken gallery amongst needles of Finns sylvestris and P. excelsa ; 9-5. 5. CoSMOPTEItYX, lib. Antennae nearly 1, in S simple, basal joint very long. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint smooth, terminal longer, acute. Posterior tibiae rough-haired. Forewings: lb furcate, 5 sometimes absent or out of 7, 6 out of 7, 7 to costa, 8 out of 7. Hindwings \, linear, cilia 5 - 7 ; transverse vein absent, 3 sometimes ab- sent, 4 absent, 5 absent. A genus of few species but very general distribution, occurring in Europe, Asia, Africa, N. America, and Australia. Larva mining in leaves. Pupa in a silken cocoon, usually without the mine. Imago with forewings very narrow, long- pointed or caudate. When sitting in the sunshine, the species have a habit of twirling the long antennae with a graceful motion. 1. Forewings brownish-ochreous . .1. lienigiella. „ black . . .2. 2. Forewings with large basal brassy patch 2. druryella. „ with brassy fascia near base . 3. 3. Apical line entire . . .3. schmidiella. „ broken into two dashes . 4. eximia. 1. C. lienigiella, Z. 9-14 mm. Forewings light brownish- ochreous ; costal and dorsal edges white; a fine white longi- tudinal subcostal line from costa near base to \, another along fold from base to middle, and a short one beneath posterior extremity of this; a somewhat brighter fascia beyond middle, narrowed dorsally, edged with pale golden-metallic streaks, posterior interrupted, anterior followed by a variable black spot above middle; a white longitudinal streak from near beyond this to apex. Hindwings grey. Norfolk, Cambridge, in fens, local; N. Germany, NW. Russia; 6, 7. Larva rosy-whitish, sometimes with ro
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