THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 



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ALSOPHILA Hbn. 



A. pometaria Peck. Elizabeth 

 II, 22 (Bz); Staten Island 

 XI and XII (Ds), and rarely 

 throughout the State; the 

 larva is the "fall canker 

 worm" and feeds on oak, 

 hickory, apple, linden, elm 

 and other deciduous trees. 



EUDULE Hbn. 



E. mendica Walk. Throughout 

 the State, V-VIII, more or 

 less local and sometimes 

 common; food plant, vio- 

 lets. 



E. meridiana Sloss. Elizabeth 

 VI, 4-24, VIII, 27 (Bz); 

 Newark at light (Ang) ; An- 

 glesea (Kp). 



Fig. 208. Fall canker worm, .-itsophila 

 pometaria : a, male moth ; b, wing- 

 less female; c, d, structural 

 details. 



Fig. 209. Fall canker worm: a, b, egg, 

 enlarged, from side and above; c, d, 

 body segments of larva en- 

 larged; e, egg mass; f, larva; 

 g, pupa; h, its tip, enlarged. 



LOBOPHORA Curt. (PH1LOPSIA Hulst.) 

 L. nivigerata Walk. Rare near New York (Bt) ; Elizabeth V, 15 (Bz). 



NANNIA Hulst. 

 N. refusata Walk. Probably occurs in New Jersey. 



HETEROPHLEPS H. S. 



H. triguttaria H. S. Staten Island VI, VII (Ds) ; Forest Hill VII (Wdt) ; 

 Paterson VIII, 8, New Brunswick VI, 16, Milltown VI, 10 (Gr) ; com- 

 mon in damp, wooded places. Larva on maple. 



EUPITHECIA Curt. (TEPHROCLYSTIA Hbn.) 



E. miserulata Grt. (nebulosa Hulst.) Newark VII, 12, 30, VIII, X, 27 

 (Bwl) ; New Brunswick VII, 12, 24, IX, 16 (Gr) ; Staten Island VII, 

 VIII, larva on cultivated geranium (Ds). 



E. coagulata Gn. Sussex Co. VIII, 15, 23 (Bwl). 



E. gemirxata Pack. Basking Ridge VI, 18 (Bwl). 



E. fumosa Hulst. Elizabeth VIII, 31 (Bz). 



E. russeliata Swett. Newark IV, 6 (Bwl). 



E. fasciata Taylor. "New Jersey" (Taylor fide Kf). 



E. indistincta Taylor. Newark (Weidt). 



E. latipennis Hulst. Sure to occur in New Jersey. 



E. boreal is Hulst. Occurs within our faunal range. 



