. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book IV. OF VERMIN. 433 2253. The moths [PhalceiKe) are a numerous genus like the sphinges. They fly abroad only in the eveningand during the night, and obtain their food from the nectar of flowers. The larva is active and quick mmotion, and preys voraciously on the leaves of plants. The most remarkable British moths are the clothes-moth (P. sarcifella) {Jig. 405. a): the eggs of which are deposited on woollen clothes, furs, &c. on which thelarvffi feed and change to chrysalids, appearing in the imago state in August. The most troublesome ingardens are the cab
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book IV. OF VERMIN. 433 2253. The moths [PhalceiKe) are a numerous genus like the sphinges. They fly abroad only in the eveningand during the night, and obtain their food from the nectar of flowers. The larva is active and quick mmotion, and preys voraciously on the leaves of plants. The most remarkable British moths are the clothes-moth (P. sarcifella) {Jig. 405. a): the eggs of which are deposited on woollen clothes, furs, &c. on which thelarvffi feed and change to chrysalids, appearing in the imago state in August. The most troublesome ingardens are the cabbage-moth {P. oleracea) (6), the gooseberry-moth {P. wavaria) (c), the currant-moth(P. grossularia) (d), and the cotlling-moth, common on fruit-trees, hedges, and oak-trees {) {c). 405
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