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CYANE Cham. 

 C. visaliella Cham. Essex Co. VI, VII (Kf). 



PARACLEMENSIA Busck. 



P. acerifoliella Fitch. (Incurvaria) Larva in blotch mine on maple, 

 cut circular case from leaf when mature, pupate on ground, adults in 

 spring (Kf); South River V, 26 (Coll). 



ISOCORYPHA Dietz. 



I. mediostriatella Clem. (Incurvaria) Essex Co. VIII, 14, rare (Kf ) ; 

 Lucaston VIII, 6 (Dke). 



TINEA Linn. 



These moths are frequently very abundant, but owing to their secretive 

 habits are rarely found in numbers. The larvse, so far as known, feed 

 on dead or refuse material, rotten wood, fungi, dry animal products, etc., 

 often in a case made of the fragments of the material on which they 

 live. 

 T. fuscipunctella Haw. Common, g. d., "larva on dry refuse, in cases; 



Gloucester Co. V, 29 (Haim). 



T. apicimaculella Cham. Montclair V, at light (Kf). 

 T. bimaculella Cham. Essex Co. VI, rare, at light. 

 T. trimaculella Cham. Essex Co. VI, VII, rare, at light. 

 T. carnariella Clem. Essex Co., bred from a box of old insects (Kf) ; not 



rare in houses. 



T. defectella Zell. Jamesburg VII, 4 (Haim). 

 T. pellionella Linn. One of the common "clothes moths" found in 



houses; the larvae destructive to furs and woolen fabrics. The use 



of gasoline on infested carpets or other fabrics is advised where 



possible; naphthaline is a good repellent; while care, cleanliness and 



storage of woolen goods in tight paper bags or boxes during summer 



are effective means of preventing injury. 

 T. roburella Dietz. Described from an Essex Co. specimen. 

 T. rileyi Dietz. Very common VI, on stumps in land recently deforested; 



bred by Riley from larvae in fungi. 

 T. arcella Fabr. G. d., larvae feed in decayed wood. 

 T. auropulvella Cham. Abundant at light and on tree trunks VI, VII, 



g. d. 

 T. acapnopenella Clem. Essex Co., Anglesea VI-VIII, at light (Kf); 



Wenonah VIII, 20 (Haim). 

 T. granella Linn. Common, larva in grain and corn (Dietz); also bred 



from larvae in tulip and crocus bulbs (Kf). 

 T. nigroatomella Dietz. The type was taken in Montclair (Kf). 



