. Elementary entomology . Fig. 288. The angumois grain-moth [Sitotroga cerealella 01.). (Enlarged) rt, eggs ; b, larva at work ; f, larva ; d, pupa ; ^, /", moth. (After Chittenden, United States Department of Agriculture) from the shapes of the cases. Nearly related to them are the little clothes moths, the plague of every housekeeper, which feed on woolens, furs, etc. There are several species: one makes a case of bits of food fastened to- gether with silk, another builds a tube, and a third feeds unprotected. The more common forms are of a brown color and may be distin- guished from ot
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 288. The angumois grain-moth [Sitotroga cerealella 01.). (Enlarged) rt, eggs ; b, larva at work ; f, larva ; d, pupa ; ^, /", moth. (After Chittenden, United States Department of Agriculture) from the shapes of the cases. Nearly related to them are the little clothes moths, the plague of every housekeeper, which feed on woolens, furs, etc. There are several species: one makes a case of bits of food fastened to- gether with silk, another builds a tube, and a third feeds unprotected. The more common forms are of a brown color and may be distin- guished from other small moths which frequent the house by the broad fringe to the wings already mentioned. Another mem- ber of this family which is a serious pest of stored corn in the South is the angumois grain-moth {GclecJiia cerealella), whose larvae live in the kernels of corn and annu- ally destroy millions of dollars' worth. The leaf-rollers {Tortricidae). Here and there on various shrubs and plants will be found leaves which have been rolled up and fastened together with silk by a little cater- pillar living within. Most of this is done by the leaf-rollers, which are the most characteristic of the family Tortricidae, though by no means all leaf-rollers belong to this group. The oblique-banded leaf-roller {ArcJiips rosaceana) is found commonly on roses and various fruit trees, occa- sionally becoming injurious, while its
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