Forest entomology . 270.—Coleophora larieella. (From F. V. Theo-balds Animal Pests of Forest Trees.)a, pupal case ; b, moth. 284 FOREST ENTOMOLOGY. COLEOPHORA FUSCEDINELLA, Zell. This species is, as a rule, very common on alder, and is termed thealder-bud moth, in consequence of the larva? feeding on the buds anddestroying them prior to forming its case, and then on the leaves. COLEOPHORA Sp. Some years ago I received from my friend, Mr Elder Cholmondeley,Cheshire, a quantity of birch twigs which had been utterly destroyedby a species of Goleophora. So far this species has not been defin-itely
Forest entomology . 270.—Coleophora larieella. (From F. V. Theo-balds Animal Pests of Forest Trees.)a, pupal case ; b, moth. 284 FOREST ENTOMOLOGY. COLEOPHORA FUSCEDINELLA, Zell. This species is, as a rule, very common on alder, and is termed thealder-bud moth, in consequence of the larva? feeding on the buds anddestroying them prior to forming its case, and then on the leaves. COLEOPHORA Sp. Some years ago I received from my friend, Mr Elder Cholmondeley,Cheshire, a quantity of birch twigs which had been utterly destroyedby a species of Goleophora. So far this species has not been defin-itely identified. Fig. 271 is a representation of the damage, and the. Fig. 271.—Coleophora s\\ on birch. normal leaf at the bottom was added for the purpose of larva? were very injurious, as the twigs were stripped of theirentire foliage. After the larva? had made their final cases, they de-stroyed the foliage by boring a hole into the leaf from the upper sideand entirely eating the contents of the leaf, which lie within the twoepidermal skins. Taking the hole as a centre, the larva eats all roundthe same, thus making a circular patch, but, as a rule, always keepingitself attached to the case by means of its anal hooks, and on theslightest approach of danger drawing itself within its case. Some-times it goes on feeding within the epidermal skins away from itscamp, but, as a rule, it moves to a fresh spot, after eating the circularpatch referred to, and then going on a fresh spot, until finally thewhole of the green portion of the leaf is destroyed. The imagines are considerably larger than the species on larch. LEPIDOPTERA. 285 LlTH
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