Fumaria casta (Pall.) 



Food plants: Lichens and mosses. (The species has also been found 

 feeding on the European beech scale (Cryptococcus fagi) .) 

 Occurrence: Boston and Brooldine, Mass. 

 Totals received: Collections, 3; larvae and pupae, 85; years, 3. 

 Larvae: July to following spring. 

 Pupae : June- July 

 Adults: Late in June-July. 

 Parasites : 



Hymenoptera: 



Dihrachys cavus (Wlk.) 



FAMILY TINEIDAE 



Monopis crocicapitella (Clem.) 



Food plants: Refuse and possibly peat moss in breeding jars. 

 Occurrence: In laboratory at Melrose Highlands, Mass., in 1930-31. 

 Larvae : June, July-August (a casebearer) . 

 Pupae: Apparently from fall to spring. 

 Adults: Late in May and in August. 

 Parasites: None. 



FAMILY INCURVARIIDAE 



Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch) maple leaf cutter 



Food plant: Sugar maple. 



Occurrence: Vermont and New York. 



Totals received: Collections, 6; larvae, f several hundred; years, 5. 



Larvae: June to September. 



Pupae: Fall to spring. 



Adults: May. 



Parasites: None. 



Parasite-Host List 

 Diptera 



FAMILY MUSCIDAE 



Muscina assimilis (Fall.) 



Host: Melittia cucurbitae (Harris). 

 Localities: Brockton and Melrose, Mass. 

 Adults: September. 

 Number per host: Gregariouis. 

 Generations: At least two. 

 Hibernation: Puparium in soil. 



FAMILY BOMBYLIIDAE 



Systropus macer Loew 



Host: Lithacodes fasciola (H.-S.) 

 Locality: Saybrook, Conn. 

 Adults: June. 



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