CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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DIATR^3A Guild. 

 D. idalis Fern. Newark, Anglesea, IX, common at light 



CHILO Zinck. 

 O. squamulellus Zell. Anglesea, VII, 9, 10 (Lt, Sm). 



Family PTEROPHORIDiE, 



TRICHOPTILUS Wlsm. 



T. lobidactylus Fitch. Sure to occur in New Jersey : the larva on golden 



rod {Soli dago canadensis) . 



OXYPTILTJS Zell. 



O. periscelidactylus Fitch. The " Grape 

 Plume" moth; common throughout 

 the State, the larvae webbing up the 

 tips of the vines early in spring. 



O. delawaricus Zell. Ranges from Mas- 

 sachusetts to California and certain to 

 be found with us. 



O. tenuidactylus Fitch. = nigrociliatus 

 Zell. New Jersey rare (Bt). 



PLATYPTILIA Hbn. 



P. carduidactyla Riley. Have seen the 



larva on thistle, but have not actually 



taken the adults. 

 P. marginidactyla Fitch. = bischoffii 



Zell. New Jersey (Bt): food yarrow 



{Achillea millefolium). 



PTEROPHORUS Geoff. 



Fig. 214. — The grape plume, O.xyptilus 

 periscelidactylus : a, larvae in web ; 

 i, pupa; c, its "breast bone," 

 enlarged; d, moth; e, seg- 

 ment of larva, enlarged. 



P. elliottii Fern. Newark, VII, 2 (Wdt): 



larva on Epilobiuni (Dyar). 

 P. subochraceus Wlsm. Anglesea, VI, 20 



(Sm), Elizabeth, VI, 4 (Wdt). 

 P. paleaceus Zell. Newark, VIII, at light, Hemlock falls, VIII, 27 (Wdt). 

 P. kellicottii Fish. Anglesea, VII, 29 (Lt): larva on golden rod {Solidago) 



