. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 54, Part 2, 1955 Drasteria howlandi (Grt.) This moth, formerly placed in the Genus Syneda by various authors, and now assigned to the Subgenus Drasteria by Richards1 apparently has a wide distribution in the western states. The egg, and all larval instars were described by Dyar in 19022 but no illustrations were included. We figure the larva in Plate 22, and for convenient association. ,-.!? y iss* PLATE 22 Larva of Drasteria howlandi (Grt.) Left,
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 54, Part 2, 1955 Drasteria howlandi (Grt.) This moth, formerly placed in the Genus Syneda by various authors, and now assigned to the Subgenus Drasteria by Richards1 apparently has a wide distribution in the western states. The egg, and all larval instars were described by Dyar in 19022 but no illustrations were included. We figure the larva in Plate 22, and for convenient association. ,-.!? y iss* PLATE 22 Larva of Drasteria howlandi (Grt.) Left, dorsal aspect. Right, lateral aspect. Enlarged xl&. (Photo, courtesy of Los Angeles County Museum.) The pupa has not heretofore been 41 mm. Cylindrical except for the include a brief description, described or illustrated. Mature Larva. Length, tapering caudal segments. The head is slightly narrower than the first thoracic segment, and is somewhat flattened. Its ground color is ivory. There are three wide dark brown longitudinal bands on each cheek. These are formed of two or three fine wavy lines with lighter brown between. The lowermost band is in line with the ocelli. The latter are brownish black. iEntomologica Americana, XIX (n. ser.) 1; pp. 1-100. 1939. 2Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 25; 382-3S4. 1902. 64. 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 Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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