702 TINEINA IPLUTELLA 



sinuate upwards, margined above with an ocbreous -brownish 

 suffusion and some blackish scales, darkest in the depressions ; 

 discal stigmata usually indicated by dark fuscous dashes; 

 termen ochreous -brown, spotted with black. Hind wings light 

 grey. 



England, N. and E. Ireland, common ; C. Europe, Asia 

 Minor, N. America ; 5, 7, 8. Larva light green ; dorsal line 

 darker ; dots black ; head brownish - marked : on He&peris 

 matronalis; 4, 6. 



2. P. cruciferarum, Z. (xylostella, Hb., non L.) 11-16 mm. 

 Head ochreous - whitish. Tuft of palpi long. Forewings 

 narrow, fuscous, more or less ochreous-tinged, often with darker 

 strigulae, towards costa paler and sometimes partly whitish- 

 sprinkled ; a paler or whitish-ochreous dorsal streak from base 

 to tornus, upper edge whitish and thrice sinuate upwards, 

 edged with darker suffusion. Hindwings grey. 



Britain to the Shetlands, Ireland, common, often abundant ; 

 Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia, New Zealand ; 5, 8, 9. 

 Larva green : on Brassica and other Cruciferae; 6, 7, 9, 10. 

 The wide range of this species is no doubt in part artificial, but 

 it soon establishes itself, and seems to nourish equally in all 

 climates. 



3. P. annulatella, Curt. 16-18 mm. Head whitish, with 

 some dark fuscous hairs. Tuft of palpi very short. Forewings 

 light fuscous, much suffused with whitish - ochreous, with 

 scattered dark fuscous strigulae; an ochreous- whitish dorsal 

 streak from base to tornus, upper edge with triangular projec- 

 tions before and beyond middle, towards base blackish-edged. 

 Hindwings light grey. 



Devon, Dorset, Denbigh and York to the Orkneys, N. 

 and E. Ireland, local ; N. Europe, N. Germany ; 7-4. Larva 

 green ; spots black, conspicuous ; head and 2 black-speckled : 

 amongst spun flowers, leaves, etc., of Cocklearia officinalis ; 

 5,6. 



4. P. dalella, Sit. 19-21 mm. Head fuscous mixed with 

 whitish. Tuft of palpi very short. Forewings fuscous, some- 

 what whitish-marbled, more strongly posteriorly, with scattered 

 blackish strigulae, especially on costa : a small whitish spot on 

 dorsuni towards base, a large triangular one about middle, and 

 another before tornus, blackish -dotted on dorsal edge, dorsum 

 between these dark fuscous. Hindwings grey. 



Caernarvon and York to the Shetlands, common ; N. and 

 mountains of C. Europe ; 8-4. Larva on Aralis; 6, 7. 



