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rithe, the exception being a small moth with both wings deeply cleft into 

 six parts. It is called Orneodes hexadactyla and is considered to be the 

 sole representative, so far as known, of a distinct family, the Orneodidae. 

 Of the Pterophoridae several species are common in the North and East. 



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FIG. 534. 



535. 



FIG. 534. A California plume-moth. (Natural size.) 



FIG. 535. The raspberry plume-moth, Oxyptilus tenuidactylus, moth and larva. (After 

 Saunders; moth natural size; larva much enlarged.) 



Oxyptilus tenuidactylus (Fig. 535), with coppery brownish wings, with the 

 plumes deeply fringed, has a pale yellowish-green larva that feeds on rasp- 

 berries and blackberries; O. periscelidactylus has wings of a metallic yellow- 

 ish brown, with several dull whitish streaks and spots; its greenish-yellow 

 caterpillars with scattered small tufts of white hairs feed on grape-leaves 

 and often are numerous enough to do much damage. Along the Pacific 

 coast the plume-moths are not at all uncommon. 



FIG. 536. The Mediterranean flour-moth, Ephestia kuehniella; larva, pupal cocoon, 

 pupa, and moth. (One and one-half times natural size.) 



The Crambids, or close-wings, are numerous and perhaps more familiar 

 than any other family of the Pyralidina. The larvae of most of the species 

 feed on grass, and the adults fly up before one as one walks through meadow 

 or pasture. They may easily be recognized by their characteristic habit of 

 closely folding their wings about the body when at rest. The fore wings 

 often present pretty designs in silver, gold, yellow, brown, black, and white, 



