. The moth book [microform] : a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. Moths; Papillons nocturnes; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. Pyr«lid« Qenut OLYPHOOES Guen^e This is ;i large genus, represented in both hemispheres by numerous species. We give figures of three. (I) Olyphodes nitidalii Stoll, Plate XLVII, Fig. '^ • (The Pickle-woim.) The insect feeds in its larval stage upon cucumbers and melons, into the caterpillar bores. A good account of its habits is given by Riley in the "Second Annual Report of the State Entomologist of Missouri," page 67. It has
. The moth book [microform] : a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. Moths; Papillons nocturnes; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. Pyr«lid« Qenut OLYPHOOES Guen^e This is ;i large genus, represented in both hemispheres by numerous species. We give figures of three. (I) Olyphodes nitidalii Stoll, Plate XLVII, Fig. '^ • (The Pickle-woim.) The insect feeds in its larval stage upon cucumbers and melons, into the caterpillar bores. A good account of its habits is given by Riley in the "Second Annual Report of the State Entomologist of Missouri," page 67. It has, like most of the Pyralidce, a wide range, and fextends from the southern portions of the United States to the southern portions of South America. (3) Glyphodes hyalinata Linnaeus, Plate XLVII, Fig. ^9, Z . Syn. MarjfiHUill SiottI /uu-nin/is UiihaeT; Aya/mata/ii Gueait. The range of this species is very much the same as that of the last mentioned. (?) Glyphodes quadristigmalis Guenee. (The Privet- moth.). 21^.-6lyphodfs quadrittigmalis. a, literal view of larvt; h, dorsal view ; f, cocoon; d, moth; e, Uteral view of two sef^mcnis of larva, enlarged; /, anul segment (f pupa from below, greatly enlaryeit. (.\fter Riley, " Insect Lift," VoL I, p. 34.) This moth has in recent years proved at times troublesome as an enemy of privet-hedges in the southern portions of the country. As many as four broods of the moths have been detected in one 594. 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 Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932. Toronto : W. Briggs
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