Forest entomology . Fig. 240.—Fidonia piniaria (nude). (FromForest Protection, by W. R. Fisher.) Fig. 241.—Fidonia piniaria (female). (FromForest Protection, by W. R. Fisher.) that in this insect the pupal period is of comparatively long duration,and Altum points out1 that full-fed caterpillars and pupa are subjectto being attacked by several natural enemies, both fungi and insects. The male moth (fig. 240) has very strongly pectinated antennae,whilst those of the female are quite simple. The body is slender,whitish-grey, and approaching to yellow at the extremity. The pre-vailing colour of th
Forest entomology . Fig. 240.—Fidonia piniaria (nude). (FromForest Protection, by W. R. Fisher.) Fig. 241.—Fidonia piniaria (female). (FromForest Protection, by W. R. Fisher.) that in this insect the pupal period is of comparatively long duration,and Altum points out1 that full-fed caterpillars and pupa are subjectto being attacked by several natural enemies, both fungi and insects. The male moth (fig. 240) has very strongly pectinated antennae,whilst those of the female are quite simple. The body is slender,whitish-grey, and approaching to yellow at the extremity. The pre-vailing colour of the wings is a mixture of dark-brown and apical portion of the fore wing—a space about equal to one-halfof the wing—is a brown-black colour, and the remainder of the wingis practically white, with brown streaks. The under wings are of asimilar colour, but the white portion is more mixed with the browncolour, and sometimes roughly divided into white and brown spaces. 1 Forstzoologie. LEFIDOPTERA. 255
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