Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring Stated 291 



raised tufts on inner edge of bands, black. Outer band narrowest and paler. 

 No apical dot. Hind wing fuscous. 9 mm. 



June. Caterpillar a leaf-miner in pine needles. 



General in distribution and common. New York: Round Lake, Ithaca, Karner. 



17. AROGALEA Walsingham 

 (Paralechia, in part) 



Hardly distinct from the European genus Stenolechia. Palpi with third segment 

 as long as second, and acute; second segment rough-scaled. Fore wing dull, with 

 slight raised tufts in fold at one-fifth and three-fifths way out, easily lost. 

 Venation much like Paralechia; hind wing with apex a little drawn out; R and 

 M 1 well separated at origin, but strongly divergent; M 3 and Cu\ shortly separated 

 at origin. 



1. A. cristifasciella Chambers. White, palpus with four blackish bands, fore 

 wing with black dots near base. Black antemedial fascia from costa obliquely 

 inward to inner margin, including first tuft; black postmedial spots beyond middle 

 (the dorsal one including the second tuft) ; and some minute black dots. Hind 

 wing yellowish. 13 mm. (inscripta Walsingham). 



April; July. Caterpillar on oak, skeletonizing leaves from under side, or 

 inquiline in galls. 



General in distribution. New York: Crosby (Yates County). 



18. TELPHUSA Chambers 

 (Xenolechia Meyrick) 



Closely related to the tufted mediofasciella group of Gelechia, and derived from 

 it. Fore wing (fig. 163) similar to Gelechia, usually with raised tufts; hind wing 

 as in Gelechia, except that M 3 and CUj are well separated at origin; palpi as in 

 Gelechia. The species average smaller than Gelechia. 



Key to the species 



1. With contrasting, oblique, white or whitish fascia at basal fourth. 



2. Fascia narrower, outer half of inner edge white 1. longifasciella. 



2. Fascia broader, inner edge not white 2. latifasciella (part) . 



1. No contrasting white fascia. 



2. Ground color of fore wing white, not heavily dusted with gray. 



3. Markings black; antemedial fascia stopping at fold 8. basifasciella. 



3. Markings fawn-colored, diffuse 9. betulella. 



2. Ground color of fore wing not white, or else heavily gray-dusted. 



3. Nearly black 3. quinquecristatella. 



3. Gray, often powdery. 



4. An oblique black antemedial fascia, marked by two raised scale-tufts, 

 and often broken below costa. 

 5. A broad lighter antemedial fascia, completely defined on both sides, 



and contrasting with the blackish base 2. latifasciella, in part. 



5. Antemedial fascia defined toward base only, and of the same shade 



as ground color and base. 



6. Head and thorax light fuscous, not powdery. .7. palliderosacella. 



6. Head and thorax, like fore wing, heavily dusted with blackish on 



pale gray or white. 



7. Fore wing dusted with purple-black on white; antenna annulate 



with white 6. querciella. 



7. Fore wing less contrastingly dusted, and more heavily tufted; 

 antenna gray 4. quercinigracella, 5. fuscopunctella. 



