LEPIDOPTERA. 461 



Status. -A serious pest oftheCoconut palm, no) damaging Pal- 

 mj ras much as .1 rule. 



Control. (11 Cutting and burning of first attacked branches. 

 (2) Catching of moths in light-traps 

 I Spraying with lead arsenate 01 other stomach-poison in 

 the case ol small arras and ornamental palms. 



riN^EGERIAD I 

 ERE1 MOCER \ IMPACTELLA. Wlk. 

 Getcchiat impactella, Wlk.. Cat. XXIX. 637. 



Eretmoccra impactella, Wlsm., T.E.S. (1889), 34-35, 39, 1. 6, 1. [8; 

 Hmpsn., Faun. Ind. Moths, I. 208, f. [35 : Lefroy, tnd. Ins. Life, p. 537. 



FlC. Si7. — Eretmoccra impactella. The small figure sln.u s tin- natural size. 



iaal.1 



Distribution. — Throughout the Plains of Southern India. 

 Lifehistory. Xot known. 

 Foodplants. - Amaranthus. 

 Status. Xot known as a pest. 



Remarks. A common and conspicuous little moth which Hies by 

 • lav and also commonly comes in to light at night. 



HYPONI IMETJ I'lIi.K. 

 EVA FABRICIELL \. Swed. 



Phalcena Tinea fabriciella, Swederus, Kngl. Svensk. Vet. Ak. 

 Handl, VIII, 277(1787). 



(',»i>i<;i niviguttclla, Wlk.. Cat. XXYIII. 542 543 1 iv 



At leva fabriciella, Wlsm. in Swinh. Cat. Het. Oxf. Mus., If, 559 

 (1900). 



Distribution. Nilgiris, Coimbatore. 



