. Elementary entomology . Fig. 284. A tineid leaf-miner of the oak {Lithocolletis hainadiyadella) a, />, larva, flat and round forms ; c, pupa; d, moth ; e, oak leaf showing mines, with cocoons 2t/)/- (After Comstock) narrow, with a fringe several times as broad. Many of the larvae are leaf-miners, feeding between the surfaces of leaves, in which they tunnel out mines whose shape is charac- teristic of the species; some are linear, others serpentine, some are trumpet-shaped, while others are irregular blotches. These little larvae are usually white, and are very much flattened, with small,
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 284. A tineid leaf-miner of the oak {Lithocolletis hainadiyadella) a, />, larva, flat and round forms ; c, pupa; d, moth ; e, oak leaf showing mines, with cocoons 2t/)/- (After Comstock) narrow, with a fringe several times as broad. Many of the larvae are leaf-miners, feeding between the surfaces of leaves, in which they tunnel out mines whose shape is charac- teristic of the species; some are linear, others serpentine, some are trumpet-shaped, while others are irregular blotches. These little larvae are usually white, and are very much flattened, with small, wedge-shaped heads,
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