. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. - 162 - Description: Adult male is generally silvery or dusty-gray. Eyes black, proboscis brownish; antennae 13-jointed, dark, at least first three segments testaceous; palpi brown. Thorax brownish with four pale indistinct brown stripes; metathorax and pectus grayish-white; halteres brown, blackish at ends. Abdomen slaty-gray, testaceous near tip which is upturned. Wings gray-brown, clear, wing streak whitish and rather distinct. Legs brownish; femora and tibiae darker at tips; tarsi black. Female similar to male, wings l
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. - 162 - Description: Adult male is generally silvery or dusty-gray. Eyes black, proboscis brownish; antennae 13-jointed, dark, at least first three segments testaceous; palpi brown. Thorax brownish with four pale indistinct brown stripes; metathorax and pectus grayish-white; halteres brown, blackish at ends. Abdomen slaty-gray, testaceous near tip which is upturned. Wings gray-brown, clear, wing streak whitish and rather distinct. Legs brownish; femora and tibiae darker at tips; tarsi black. Female similar to male, wings larger, longer than abdomen which is tawny at tip. Length 15 to 23 mm. Egg black, shining, reticulate, elongate-oval in shape, somewhat asymmetrical. Size 1 X mm. Larva uniform earthy gray; shape rather conical towards head and rounded posteriorly; head black; antennae prominent; mandibles conspicuous. Length 40 mm. when fully extended. Pupa pale at transformation, darkening 'to blackish-brown. There is a yellow marginal streak extending along thoracic and abdominal segments and also double line of light gray crossing the segments dorso-ventrally. Abdominal spines situated on posterior margin of each segment, those at dorsal surface being smaller; caudal end spiny and pointed. Length 20-25 mm. (Prepared in Plant Pest Survey Section in cooperation with other ARS agencies.) CEIR 8 (9) 2-28-58. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Animal and Plant Health Service. Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs; United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine; United States. Plant Pest Control Division. Hyattsville, MD. [etc. ] Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service
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