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the abdomen curls under and implants the egg with pressure against 

 the tooth on the upper side of the leaf. In general, the species is 

 widely distributed in the Transition Zone of the Eastern States. It 

 occurs mostly in midsummer, in partially sunlit openings of rich 

 woods. 



Figure 1. — Poecilogonalos costalis: a, female, side view; h, head, facing view; c, abdomen 



of male, side view. 



