Gelechiidae 
The insect is found in the Appalachian subregion, but more 
particularly in the southeastern portions thereof. 
Genus ATTEVA Walker 
(1) Atteva aurea Fitch, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 36, $. 
Syn. co??ipta Clemens. 
The insect is common in the southern portions of our region, 
being distributed from the Gulf States southward and westward 
in o Mexico and lands still farther South. 
(2) Atteva gemmata Grote, Plate XLVIII, Fig. 37, $ . 
Syn. fastuosa Zeller; floridana Neumoegen. 
The moth is found in the warmer parts of Florida. 
FAMILY GELECHIID/E 
“ He buildeth his house as a moth.” Job. —xxvii, 18. 
This is a very extensive family of small moths which possess 
habits of considerable interest to students. Many of them are 
Fig. 243.— P. operculella. a , section of tuber showing eye and eggs deposited 
about it, natural size; b, egg, dorsal view; c, egg, lateral view, greatly enlarged; 
d, k, mines of larva in potato; /, pupa at end of mine, seen through skin of potato, 
somewhat reduced; e, larva, dorsal view; f, larva, lateral view; g, larva, third ab¬ 
dominal segment, lateral view; h , do., dorsal view, still more enlarged; i, pupa; 
/, moth, enlarged. (After Riley, “ Insect Life,” Vol. IV, p. 239.) 
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