Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] i86 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY .'.'/ 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 FlG. 288. The angumois grain-moth (Sitotroga cerealella may be distin- 01.). (Enlarged) guished from other rt, eggs ; b, larva
Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] i86 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY .'.'/ 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 FlG. 288. The angumois grain-moth (Sitotroga cerealella may be distin- 01.). (Enlarged) guished from other rt, eggs ; b, larva at work ; c, larva ; d, pupa ; <?,/, moth. (After srrlall moths which Chittenden, United States Department of Agriculture) 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 (Gelechia 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 (Archips FIG. 289. The oblique-banded leaf- r roller (Archips rosaceana}. (Slightly rosaceana] is found commonly on enlarged) roses and various fruit trees, occa- ^ : ^ ]arva. r)pupa; ^femaie sionally becoming injurious, while its moth; <?, male moth
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