LEPID0P1ERA. 



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egg-sacs of Pulvinaria. Like other members of this family 

 the larva spins a silken tube, within which it lives. On a 



Fig. 283.- Latilia coccidivora : a, egg; i, larva ; <-, pupa; d, adult; e, e, moths natural 

 size resting on egg-sacs of Pulvinaria. 



thickly-Infested branch these tubes may be found extending 

 from the remains of one coccid to another. 



Family Pterophoridae (Pter-o-phor'i-dae). 



The Plume-moths. 

 The Plume -moths are so called on account of the 

 remarkable form of the wings, which are split by longitu- 



