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gray. The reniform spot is conspicuous and dark gray. Just 

 behind the so-called round spot, which in this case is shaped 

 like a tennis racket, there is a distinct short black bar. The 

 hind wings are white, often lined with brown along the veins 

 and with a narrow brown margin (Fig. 162). 



The seasonal history has not been carefully studied. The 

 moths of the summer brood are abundant in Texas in late 

 June and July. In New Jersey the moths are to be found in 

 September. 



The Granulated Cutworm 



Feltia annexa Treitschke 



This species is most abundant in the tropics. It ranges 

 through the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, southward 

 to Chile and Argentina and northward to Nova Scotia and 

 Minnesota. Among its food 

 plants are tomato, cabbage, 

 pea, bean, corn, wheat, 

 grasses, clover, cotton and 

 tobacco. 



In the northern part of 

 its range the winter is 

 passed in the larval state. 

 The caterpillars reach ma- 

 turity in May and June. 

 The full-grown caterpillar 



Fig. 163. 



- The grannlated cutworm 

 moth (X U). 



is nearly li inches 



m 



length, 



dark gray, with a pair of yellowish drab oblique marks on each 

 segment and a substigmatal pale gray line bordered with yellow- 

 ish ; the underside of the body is pale greenish gray. Pupa- 

 tion takes place in the ground. The reddish brown pupa is 

 nearly f inch in length. The pupal period lasts from four to 

 six weeks. In the North there are two generations annually. 

 The first brood of moths is on the wing during June, July and 

 August ; the second brood in August, September and October. 



