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Ligustrum. Feeds high up on terminal 

 shoots, usually in a web. Will devour 

 ribs, stalks, and even the bark. 



P. 9-5 and 7. Between spun leaves. 



I. 5-6 and sometimes 8-9. Rests on trunks. Comes 

 to light. 



0. Hatch in from 7 to 12 days. 



virgata, Rott. (lineolata, Hb.), Mesotype. (Oblique Striped) 

 L. 5-6 and 8-9. On Galium, especially G. verum. 

 P. 6 and 9-5. 



1. 5-6 and 7-8. Rests on food plant on sand-hills, 



and flies by day on chalk-hills. 



0. 4-5 and 7-8. Hatches in 8-10 days. 



virgaureata, Dbld., Eupithecia. (Golden-rod Pug) 



L. 5 and 8-9. On the flowers of Anthriscus sylvestris, 



Senecio jacobsea, and Solidago. 

 P. In a slight earthen cocoon. 



1. 5-6 and 7-8. 



0. Sleeved-out females will lay on Hawthorn 



from 4 to 5. 



Virginian Creeper. (Ampelopsis) 



virgularia, Hb. (incanaria, Hb.), Acidalia (Ptychopoda) 



(SmaU Dusty Wave) 

 L. 9-4. On withered Polygonum (in confinement) 



and Dandelion. Sometimes feeds up and 



produces imagos same year. 

 P. 8 or 4. 



I. 5-6 and sometimes 9. Rests on walls, etc. 

 O. 6. Hatch very quickly. Two days have been 



recorded. 



viridaria, Cl. (cenea, Hb.), Prothymnia (Phytometra). (Small 



Purple Barred) 



L. 8-9. On Polygala vulgaris. 

 P. 9-5. In a close silk cocoon amongst food. 

 I. 5-6. Flies in the sun. 

 0. 7. Hatch in a few days. 



viridaria, F. =pectinataria, Kn. 



viridata, L., Nemoria. (Small Grass Emerald) 



L. 7-8. On Betula, Calluna, Crataegus, and Salix 

 caprea. 



