. Elementary entomology . silk-lined galleries, destroying the combs. They attack weak colo- nies of bees, which they frequently destroy, and are one of the worst enemies of the apiary. The moth has purplish-brown fore- wings and brown or faded yellow hind-wings. The close-wings {C?'a)nbijiac) are so called because their wings are wrapped closely about them when at rest. They are also called snout- moths. They are the small brown- ish or silvery- white moths which fiy up before us in pastures and are scarcely distinguishable from the grass stems on which they alight. The larvae feed on the roo
. Elementary entomology . silk-lined galleries, destroying the combs. They attack weak colo- nies of bees, which they frequently destroy, and are one of the worst enemies of the apiary. The moth has purplish-brown fore- wings and brown or faded yellow hind-wings. The close-wings {C?'a)nbijiac) are so called because their wings are wrapped closely about them when at rest. They are also called snout- moths. They are the small brown- ish or silvery- white moths which fiy up before us in pastures and are scarcely distinguishable from the grass stems on which they alight. The larvae feed on the roots and stalks of grasses, living in little tubes constructed of bits of earth and vegetation fastened together with silk. Several spe- cies are sometimes quite injurious to young corn planted on land where they have been abundant, the most common being known as the corn-root web-worm. Two other families of this group are known as plume-moths {Ptero- phoridae and Orneodidae), as the wings are split into parts looking like a small fan of feathers. The larvae of one species occasionally webs up the terminals of young grape shoots, and another species is sometimes common on sweet-potato vines, but they are rarely of economic importance. Fig. 297. A crambid moth [Crainbin 7<u!i;ivai^clliis) a, larva ; /', overground, and c, underground, tube and cocoon ; if, e, /. moths with wings open and at rest; g, egg much enlarged. (After Riley)
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