. Elementary entomology . Fig. 297. yV crambid moth [C/aiiilius inilgiva^eihis) a, larva; /', overground, and c, underground, tube and cocoon ; d, e, f- moths with wings open and at rest; g, egg much enlarged. (After Riley) wrapped closely about them when at rest. They are also called snout- moths. They are the small brown- ish or silvery- white moths which fly 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 togethe
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 297. yV crambid moth [C/aiiilius inilgiva^eihis) a, larva; /', overground, and c, underground, tube and cocoon ; d, e, f- moths with wings open and at rest; g, egg much enlarged. (After Riley) wrapped closely about them when at rest. They are also called snout- moths. They are the small brown- ish or silvery- white moths which fly 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 {Ptcro- phoridae and Orncodidae), 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.
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