"REAL MICROS. 1 



Larvae of Telphusa belangerella are rollers of alder 

 leaves. 



Larvae of Aristotelia roseosuffusclla mine red-clover 

 leaves and live also in fruit panicles of sumac ; of A . fungi- 

 vorella web leaves of bayberry. 



Larvse of Recurvaria apicitripunctella, in hemlock leaves ; 

 of R. piceaella, in spruce leaves; of R. obliquistrigella and 

 jtmiperella, in juniper leaves; of R. thujaella, in arbor- vitas 

 leaves, sometimes making the trees look burned; of R. 

 robiniella each fasten flatly together two leaves of locust. 



Larvae of Trypanisma prudens, under a slight web on 

 upper side of oak leaves. 



Larvas of Paralecliia pinifoliella mine needles of Pinus 

 rigida; of P. cristifasciella, between spun-together oak 

 leaves. 



Larvas of Plitliorim<za operculella mine stored potatoes. 



Larvas of Gnorimoscliema gall&solidagims make spindle- 

 shaped, gall-like swellings in goldenrod (Solidago} stems; 

 of G. solidaginella have similar habits but are said to be 

 confined to Solidago sempervirens; of G. buskiella and 

 gallcEsteriella make galls in aster stems. 



Larvae of Anacampsis innocuella, in curled leaves of 

 poplar ; of A . lupinella, in folded-together leaves of Lupinus 

 perennis. 



Larvae of Gelechia serotinella each fasten together the 

 edges of a wild cherry leaf and live within a tube of silk 

 and frass placed in the fold. 



STENOMATID.E 



Adults of Stenoma, when at rest, resemble gray and 

 white bird droppings. 



GECOPHORID.E 



Larvae of Eumeyrickia trimaculella, in spruce stumps. 



Adults of Agnopteryx and Despressaria often hibernate 

 in outhouses, piles of brush, and the like. Larvae of A. 

 pulvipennella, in leaves, folded lengthwise, of Solidago and 

 Eupatorium; of A. robiniella, in similarly folded leaves of 

 locust. Larvae of D. cinereocostella fasten together leaves 

 of water parsnip. 



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