. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 242 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. seriously reduce the amount of the crop. The pupa state is passed within the cluster of tied leaves or within a tube formed by rolling up one side of a leaf, and lasts about ten days. The moth expands about three fifths of an inch; it is of a dark ashen gray, with a large, irregular, whitish band on the fore Fig. 289.—Retinia comstockiana^ larva, pupa, adult, and work. (From the Author's Report for 1879.) The Pitch-pine Retinia, Retinia comstockiana (Re-tin'i-a com-stock-i-a'na).—This species (Fig. 289) illustrates


. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 242 THE STUDY OF INSECTS. seriously reduce the amount of the crop. The pupa state is passed within the cluster of tied leaves or within a tube formed by rolling up one side of a leaf, and lasts about ten days. The moth expands about three fifths of an inch; it is of a dark ashen gray, with a large, irregular, whitish band on the fore Fig. 289.—Retinia comstockiana^ larva, pupa, adult, and work. (From the Author's Report for 1879.) The Pitch-pine Retinia, Retinia comstockiana (Re-tin'i-a com-stock-i-a'na).—This species (Fig. 289) illustrates well. 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 Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.


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