. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. rYRALIs] PYRALIDIDAE 427. 2. Second lino of forewings nearly straight . 1. c/laucinalis. „ „ ,, nuicli curved . 3, 3. Lines of forewings forming triangular costal spots 4. lienigialis. „ „ not forming costal spots 3. fwrinalis. 1. P. glaucinalis, L. 21-29 mm. Forewings brownish-grey, on costa purplish ; median part of costa dotted with yellow ; lines pale ochreous, nearly straight, stronger and yellower on costa. Hindwings grey ; two fine whitish approximated lines, first twice sub- angulatcd, second curved. England to York, E. Ireland, rather
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. rYRALIs] PYRALIDIDAE 427. 2. Second lino of forewings nearly straight . 1. c/laucinalis. „ „ ,, nuicli curved . 3, 3. Lines of forewings forming triangular costal spots 4. lienigialis. „ „ not forming costal spots 3. fwrinalis. 1. P. glaucinalis, L. 21-29 mm. Forewings brownish-grey, on costa purplish ; median part of costa dotted with yellow ; lines pale ochreous, nearly straight, stronger and yellower on costa. Hindwings grey ; two fine whitish approximated lines, first twice sub- angulatcd, second curved. England to York, E. Ireland, rather local; C. Europe, C. Asia, Japan ; 6, 7. Larva blackish-green, lighter laterally ; head and plate of 2 lighter: in silken galleries amongst decaying leaves and twigs of birch ; 3-5. 2. P. costalis, F. (jimbrialis, Schiff.) 17-20 mm. Forewings purple, sometimes blackish - sprin- NeutattonofPffnUO^ klcd; median part of costa dotted with yellow; lines yellow, nearly straight, forming large spots on costa; a terminal line and cilia yellow. Hindwings as forewings, but lines much nearer together, irregularly curved, not forming costal spots. England to York, local; C. and S. Europe, WC. and N. Asia, N. Africa, N. America; 7, 8. 3. P. farinalis, L. 20-28 mm. Forewings purple-brown, towards apex more reddish-brown ; median band more or less wholly suffused with pale or sometimes deep ochreous, especi- ally towards costa ; median part of costa dotted with white ; lines whitish, first obtusely angulated, second with middle third strongly curved outwards, thicker towards costa. Hind- wings dark grey mixed with whitish, especially before termen ; lines whitish, as in forewings, but much more approximated, especially on lower half. Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common; Europe, N. and C. Asia, Japan, N. Africa, N. America, Australia, Now Zealand (probably Central Asiatic in origin, elsewhere intro- duced but now fully established); 6-8. Larva ochreous-whitish, towards ex
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