﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  463 
  

  

  duovata 
  Bird. 
  The 
  larva 
  bores 
  in 
  the 
  golden 
  rod, 
  "Solidago 
  semper- 
  

   virens," 
  and 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  where 
  this 
  plant 
  occurs. 
  

  

  impecuniosa 
  Grt. 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  the 
  larva 
  in 
  "Aster 
  puniceus" 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

   aster 
  and 
  helenium 
  are 
  general 
  food 
  plants 
  according 
  to 
  Bird, 
  and 
  

   the 
  species 
  probably 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  inqu^sita 
  G. 
  & 
  R. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  IX, 
  30 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  August 
  and 
  September. 
  The 
  larva 
  in 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  sen- 
  

   sitive 
  fern 
  (Bird). 
  

  

  speciosissima 
  G. 
  & 
  R. 
  Ridgewood 
  VIII, 
  30; 
  Newark 
  (Soc) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  

   X, 
  1 
  (Bz). 
  A 
  rare 
  species, 
  whose 
  larva 
  has 
  thus 
  far 
  escaped 
  detec- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  frigida 
  Sm. 
  The 
  larva 
  lives 
  in 
  the 
  meadow 
  Rue, 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  occurs 
  

   in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  sciata 
  Bird. 
  Newark 
  IX, 
  5 
  (Sb); 
  Elizabeth 
  X, 
  5 
  (Bz). 
  and 
  probably 
  

   elsewhere 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larva 
  bores 
  in 
  "Veronica 
  virginica," 
  

   and 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  listed 
  as 
  "limpida" 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  edition. 
  

  

  cerussata 
  Grt. 
  Newark 
  IX, 
  28 
  (Sb); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds). 
  The 
  larva 
  

   bores 
  in 
  iron 
  weed 
  and 
  probably 
  occurs 
  wherever 
  that 
  plant 
  grows. 
  

  

  nitela 
  Gn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  

   State 
  and 
  sometimes 
  

   common. 
  The 
  normal 
  

   food 
  plant 
  is 
  the 
  rag- 
  

   weed, 
  "Ambrosia 
  trifida," 
  

   but 
  it 
  may 
  infest 
  dock 
  

   and 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  weedy 
  

   plants. 
  Sometimes 
  it 
  he- 
  

   comes 
  excessively 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  and 
  then 
  attacks 
  

   potato, 
  tomato, 
  aster, 
  

   dahlia, 
  corn 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  

   variety 
  of 
  other 
  plants, 
  

   causing 
  local 
  injury. 
  

   Gardens 
  and 
  small 
  plant- 
  

   ings 
  are 
  most 
  generally 
  infested, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  where 
  they 
  adjoin 
  a 
  

   weedy 
  road 
  or 
  field. 
  Adults 
  occur 
  from 
  late 
  July 
  to 
  September, 
  and 
  

   a 
  good 
  general 
  measure 
  to 
  prevent 
  trouble 
  is 
  to 
  keep 
  down 
  the 
  rag- 
  

   weeds 
  by 
  mowing 
  in 
  early 
  July. 
  ' 
  

  

  duplicata 
  Bird. 
  The 
  larva 
  breeds 
  in 
  horse 
  balm, 
  "Colensonia 
  cana- 
  

   densis," 
  and 
  will 
  almost 
  certainly 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  imperturbata 
  Bird. 
  Bores 
  into 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  sunflower, 
  "Heli- 
  

   anthus 
  divaricatus," 
  and 
  should 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  necopina 
  Grt. 
  The 
  larva 
  bores 
  in 
  the 
  stalks 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  sunflower, 
  

   "Helianthus 
  giganteus," 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  be 
  found 
  there 
  

   whenever 
  sought 
  for. 
  An 
  adult 
  is 
  very 
  rarely 
  taken 
  even 
  where 
  the 
  

   larva 
  is 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  194. 
  — 
  Papaipc 
  

  

  :la: 
  larva 
  and 
  adult. 
  

  

  