. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. LEPIDOP TERA. 363 dal part, of recumbent hairs. The wings are dusky gray, crossed by white lines as shown in the figure. The figure represents the male ; the female is much larger. The moths are found in August and September. The larva feeds upon the leaves of apple, poplar, and syringa. Its body is bluish gray, with many faint longitudinal lines ; and across the back of the last thoracic segment there is a narrow velvety-black band. The larva reaches maturity during July. The cocoon is brownish gray, and is usually attached to one of the branches
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. LEPIDOP TERA. 363 dal part, of recumbent hairs. The wings are dusky gray, crossed by white lines as shown in the figure. The figure represents the male ; the female is much larger. The moths are found in August and September. The larva feeds upon the leaves of apple, poplar, and syringa. Its body is bluish gray, with many faint longitudinal lines ; and across the back of the last thoracic segment there is a narrow velvety-black band. The larva reaches maturity during July. The cocoon is brownish gray, and is usually attached to one of the branches of the tree on which the larva has fed. The second species of this genus is known as the Larch Lappet, Tolype laricis (T. lar'i-cis). This is a smaller species, the females being about the size of the male of the preced- ing species, and the males expanding only about one and one fourth inches. The wings of the females are marked much like those of T, velleda, except that the basal two thirds of the front wings are much lighter, and the dark band on the outer third is narrower and much darker than the other dark bands. The males are bluish black, with the markings indistinct. The larva feeds upon the larch. When mature it is of a dull brown color and less than one and one half inches in length. When extended the front of the first thoracic segment is pale green, and the incision between the second and third is shining black. The larva matures during July. The cocoon is ash-gray, flattened and moulded to the limb to which it is attached, and partially surround- ing it. The moths appear in August or September. The winter is passed in the Q:gg state. The genus Phyllodesma includes three Califcrnian and two Eastern species. The more common one of the latter is the American Lappet, P. americana (Fig. 444). The moth is reddish brown, with the inner angle yxg. ^^^.-PkyHodesma ameri- of the front wings and the costal margin of the hind wings deeply notched. Beyond the mid-. Please note
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