. Australian insects. Insects. 280 LEPIDOPTERA. from the province of that name in France, where in 1760 it swarmed over the country and nearly caused a famine. I have bred it from wheat at Bingara Fig. 143.—Gelechia siwpUcella (Walker). The Soy-bean Moth. The Elachlstidae were described and revised by Mey- rick (Pro. Linn. Soc. 1897), who lists 254 species, most of which were new. He says: "The species of this family are almost all small and therefore often neglected by col- lectors. Larva with 10 prolegs seldom almost apodal, usually mining in leaves, or amongst seeds or in
. Australian insects. Insects. 280 LEPIDOPTERA. from the province of that name in France, where in 1760 it swarmed over the country and nearly caused a famine. I have bred it from wheat at Bingara Fig. 143.—Gelechia siwpUcella (Walker). The Soy-bean Moth. The Elachlstidae were described and revised by Mey- rick (Pro. Linn. Soc. 1897), who lists 254 species, most of which were new. He says: "The species of this family are almost all small and therefore often neglected by col- lectors. Larva with 10 prolegs seldom almost apodal, usually mining in leaves, or amongst seeds or in stems, some- times case-bearing, rarely amongst spun ; The larvae of the members of the Genus Batrachedra, according to Meyrick, feed usually upon seeds. B. arenosella, a small dull pale yellow moth with spotted fore wings and. 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 Froggatt, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1858-; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS; Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Sydney, W. Brooks
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