Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States 585 



Larva essentially as in the Phycitinae (fig. 366) ; pupa with a dorsal furrow 

 between ninth and tenth segments of abdomen, with crenulate margin; thoracic 

 spiracles slit-like and inconspicuous; end of abdomen with a transverse row of six 

 or eight hooked setae, without a specialized cremaster. 



Key to the genera 

 1. Palpi upturned. 



2. Tongue very weak (about as long as eye or shorter) 57. Aglossa. 



2. Tongue well developed. 



3. R 3 and R 4 stalked farthest 56. Pyralis. 



3. R 4 and R 5 stalked farthest 58. Hysopygia. 



1. Palpi obliquely upturned, with porrect third joint 59. Herculia. 



1. Palpi long, porrect, beaklike 60. Omphalocera. 



56. PYRALIS Linnaeus 



Tongue strong, scaled at base; palpi typically upturned to vertex; antennae 

 typically with short ciliation (shorter than length of segments) ; fore wing 

 normal (fig. 361), M 2 and M 3 stalked; hind wing with M 2 and M 3 stalked; Sc and R 

 typically very closely parallel. 



The second group is transitional to Aglossa. 



Key to the species of Pyralis and Aglossa 



1. Fore wing evenly colored, with white ante- and postmedial lines only. 



P. 1. farinalis. 

 1. Fore wing more or less mottled; no pure white; usually with discal spots. 

 2. With a blackish discal spot, and usually costal spots at base and before 

 apex. 

 3. Basal blackish spot broad, usually reaching fold; subapical spot strong, 



dorsal two-thirds of wing contrasting, pale P. 2. costiferalis. 



3. Basal blackish spot usually a mere bar along costa, the apical spot tending 

 to obsolescence; lines normally completely defined with dark; discal 



patch usually prominent P. 3. disolferalis. 



2. Ground dark with paler markings; discal spot pale when distinct. 



3. Ground pinkish coppery; antemedial tooth on fold strong, and usually 

 filled with blackish; reniform usually a broad, pale, horizontal ellipse, 



strongly contrasting; tongue as long as eye A. 1. cuprina. 



3. Usually without red tint; blackish, with confused luteous markings only; 

 the reniform and tooth of antemedial line not especially prominent; 

 tongue very weak, not coiled A. 2. cuprealis. 



1. P. farinalis Linnaeus. Brown, somewhat olivaceous when fresh; median area 

 paler, twice as wide as basal and terminal areas, the latter shaded with gray. 

 Lines white, defined, the antemedial strongly excurved; postmedial concave on 

 upper two-fifths and in the fold; curved far out between. Terminal line pale; 

 fringe grayer. Hind wing with obscure antemedial, and fine, clear postmedial, 

 Unes on a ground shading from white to fuscous gray. 15-25 mm. (H 47:53.) 



Larva injurious to meal etc. Dirty white, with a dark brown head; hooks on 

 prolegs biordinal, the shorter ones a quarter as long as the longer ones; prothorax 

 with posterior setae on cervical shield approximately in a vertical line, but with 

 the uppermost well in front of the others (nearer to them than to the anterior 

 series); front extending halfway, and adfrontals three-fourths way to vertex 

 (unlike Plodia); the three ventral ocelli in a right triangle. 



Common and generally distributed. New York: Generally distributed and Lot 

 rare. 



