Coleophora limosipennella Dup. elm casebearer 



Food plant: Elm. 



Occurrence: Vermont and Massachusetts. 



Totals received: Collections, 4; larvae and pupae, 122; years, 3. 



Larvae: August to following July. 



Pupae: July- August. 



Adults: July- August. 



Parasites: 



Collections Hostlarvat 



Parasite Years re- yielding and pupae 



Hvmenoptera: specimens covered parasite collected 



ylpan<e/es sp. (cocoons) 3 1 1 10 



Habrocytus thyridopterigis How 8 1 1 82 



Hypopleromalus sp. (Ex Apanteles) 1 1 1 10 



Coleophora fletcherella Fern. cigar casebearer 



Food plants: Apple and pear. 



Occurrence: Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. 



Totals received: Collections, 5; larvae, 51; years, 3. 



Larvae: July and August to following June. 



Pupae: June-July. 



Adults: Late in June and July. 



Parasites: None. 



Coleophora laricella Hbn. larch casebearer 



Food plant: Larch. (C. laricella is an introduced species that often 

 causes serious defoliation of larch.) 



Occm-rence: Maine, New Hampshu-e, Vermont, Massachusetts, 

 Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. 



Totals received: Collections, 87; larvae, f 27,381 ; years, 14. 



Larvae: July to following May. 



Pupae: May-June. 



Adults: June, 



Parasites: 



Collections HoH 



Parasite Years yielding larvae] 



Hymenoptera: spedmens recovered parasite collected 



Agathis bicolor (Ftov.) 2 2 2 1,000 



A. pumilis {R&tz.) 3 12 1,000 



Asp 5 1 3 1,250 



Apanteles n. sp 3 2 3 8,693 



Bracon juncicola Ashm 11 3 7 2,200 



B. pygmaeus Trov 76 5 20 5,190 



Campoplex rufipes (Frov.) 8 2 3 1,100 



Chrysocharis laricinellae (Ratz.) 14 4 7 2,600 



Derostenus Silvia {Grit.) 22 3 4 1,100 



Dibrachyssp 1 1 1 220 



Dimmockiasp 2 1 1 200 



Elachertussp 1 1 1 200 



Euderus cushmani (Cwid.) 117 7 30 11,321 



Eulophidae 3 1 2 850 



Eulophus magnisulcatus Gr\i 3 12 400 



Eurydinota lividicorpus Grit 7 11 1,036 



Eurytoma sp 1 1 1 500 



Gelis obscurus (Cress.) 1 1 1 200 



G. tenellus (Say) 39 5 14 5,198 



Habrocytus thyridopterigis How 204 6 32 11,221 



Haltichella xanlicles i\Ylk.) 1 1 1 200 



Horismenus microgaster (Ashm.) 6 12 400 



Horogenessp 105 6 28 S, 650 



Ichneumonini 2 2 2 1,000 



Itopledis 4-cingulata (Frov.) 2 2 2 400 



Pimplopterus sp _ 111 100 



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