. Elementary entomology. Insects. 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 State
. Elementary entomology. Insects. 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. mJt. 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and Company
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