FAMILY PLUTELLIDAE 



Harpipteryx xylostella (L.) European honeysuckle leaf roller 



Food plant: Bush honeysuckle. 



Occurrence: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode 

 Island. 



Totals received: Collections, 6; larvae, 427; years, 4. 



Larvae: May-June. 



Pupae: June-July. 



Adults: Late in June and July. 



Parasites : 



Collections Host 



Parasite Years yielding larvae 



Diptera: specimens recovered parasite collected 



Larvaevoridae (unidentified) 1 1 1 20 



Hymenoptera: 



Macrocentrus iridescens French *8 1 1 100 



Meteorus sp. (unissued cocoon) 1 1 1 250 



FAMILY YPONOMEUTIDAE 



Argyresthia thuiella (Pack.) arborvitae leaf miner 



Recurvaria thujaella Kearf. 



Mixed collection. 



Food plants: Arborvitae. 



Occurrence: Wakefield, Mass. 



Totals received: One collection of about 20 larvae. f 



Larvae: Mid-summer to following May. 



Pupae: June. 



Adults: June. 



Parasites : 



Parasite 

 Hymenoptera: specimens 



Apanteles sp 2 



Copidosoma n. sp *1 



Microgaster zonaria (Say) 1 



FAMILY COLEOPHORIDAE 



Coleophora cretaticostella Clem. 



Food plant: Blackberry. 



Occurrence: Melrose, Mass. 



Totals received: One collection of 60 larvae. 



Larvae : August to following July. 



Pupae: July. 



Adults: Late in July. 



Parasites: None. 



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