THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



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with only rudiments of legs, and with the abdomen constricted 

 between the segments. Many of them hibernate in the fallen 



FIG. 286. The cigar-case bearer. (Much enlarged) 



a, female moth ; 6, side view of pupa ; <: larva ; d, egg ; e, wing venation ; /, upper view of 

 cigar-shaped case with three-lobed opening at tip ; g, side view of same ; /i, the case as it 

 appears in the spring ; /, the fall and winter case. (After Hammar, United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture) 



leaves, in which they pupate and transform the next summer. A 

 well-known example is the apple-leaf trumpet miner (Tischeria 

 malifoliella\ whose brown, trumpet-shaped mines are common in 

 apple leaves and 

 often cause con- 

 siderable damage. 

 Some of the cat- 

 erpillars of this 

 family -make little 

 cases of silk, in 

 which they reside 

 and which are 

 carried over the 

 abdomen as they 

 feed on the foli- 

 age, much like 

 the shell of a 



snail. Common examples are the pistol-case bearer and the cigar- 

 case bearer, which are common on apple foliage and are so named 



FIG. 287. The case-making clothes moth (Tinea 

 pellionella}. (Enlarged) 



a, adult ; b, larva ; c, larva in case. (After Riley) 



