. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. prays] PLUTELLIDAE § ; some irregular blackish marks towards termen ; sometimes the whole wing is unicolorous dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark grey. Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, Asia Minor; (i, 7. Larva greenish, marbled with red-brown above ; dorsal line deep green ; head pale brown, dark-spotted ; 2 with two black spots : when young mining in leaves, after- wards in bark of shoots, ultimately in spun shoots of ash ; 10-5. 3. Yponomedta, Latr. Head smooth. Antennae |, in $ filiform, minutely ciliated, basal joi
. A handbook of British lepidoptera. Lepidoptera. prays] PLUTELLIDAE § ; some irregular blackish marks towards termen ; sometimes the whole wing is unicolorous dark fuscous. Hindwings rather dark grey. Britain to Caledonian Canal, Ireland, common ; C. Europe, Asia Minor; (i, 7. Larva greenish, marbled with red-brown above ; dorsal line deep green ; head pale brown, dark-spotted ; 2 with two black spots : when young mining in leaves, after- wards in bark of shoots, ultimately in spun shoots of ash ; 10-5. 3. Yponomedta, Latr. Head smooth. Antennae |, in $ filiform, minutely ciliated, basal joint without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, second joint with appressed scales, terminal as long as or longer than second, somewhat roughened in front, acute. Maxillary palpi rudi- mentary. Forcwings: 7 and '8 separate. Hindwings 1, elongate- ovate, with transparent subbasal patch, cilia jj ; & absent, 0 and 7 nearlv parallel Nonratlon of Yponomeutaplmnbsllva. A rather small but nearly cosmopolitan genus, absent from Now Zealand. Imago with brewings elongate, rather narrow, termen oblique. Larva gregarious, in a dense common web. 1. Head grey . ⢠.6. vigmtipunctatus. ,, white . ⢠â .2. 2. Forcwings with blackish spot on fold . 3. ,, without such spot . .4. 3. Forcwings with blackish suffusion in apical cilia r>. plumbellus. ,, without blackish apical suffusion 4. irrurd/its. 4. Lowest series including 9-11 dots . 1. evonymellus. 4-7 dots . . 5. 5. Cilia of forewiugs white . -2. eognatellus. ,, ,, more or less grey . 3. padeUus. 1. Y. evonymellus, L. (padi, Z.) 20-23 mm. Head white. Forcwings whitish ; five or six longitudinal scries of numerous black dots, first not reaching middle, lowest including 9-11 dots; sonic additional black dots before termen; cilia, white. Hindwings dark Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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