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Key to tJie species 



1. Hind wing with cell short, M 2 free from the angle; Sc rudimentary ; fore 

 wing with postmedial line sinuous, oblique. 

 2. Antemedial line angulate or dentate; a black discal lunule or point. 



1. Jcuehniella. 

 2. Antemedial line very slightly angulate or dentate, or even. 



3. Antemedial line oblique from costa to Cu, then erect to inner margin. 



3. figuliella. 



3. Antemedial line vertical 2. cautella. 



1. Cell long, M 2 stalked with Cu x 4. elutella. 



1. E. kuehniella Zeller (Mediterranean flour moth). Typically even pale or 

 bluish gray; lines paler, outlined with darker, often faint; antemedial line zig- 

 zag; postmedial dentate; a slightlv darker discal lunule. Hind wing mostly 

 translucent white. 22 mm. (H p. 412, f. 232-233.) 



Larva white to red, with yellow-brown head; usually in meal, and showing a 

 decided preference for rolled wheat. 



Generally distributed and rather common; sometimes in injurious numbers. New 

 York : Ithaca. 



There are several inheritable mutations of this species, the most striking being 

 a black one, and one with blackish ante- and postmedial bands. 38 



2. E. cautella Walker. Brownish or blackish gray; similar to E. kuehniella 

 except for the direct, rather distinct, pale antemedial line; defined with dark 

 on the outer side. 15-20 mm. (H. p. 414, f. 235.) 



Larva with contrasting black tubercles; white, with amber head; commonest 

 in dried figs. 



New York: Albany. 



3. E. figuliella Gregson. Antemedial line oblique from costa to CUj, then up- 

 right to inner margin. Dark gray, similar to the last two species. 20 mm. 



Larva with dark brown head, cervical shield, and tubercles. Injurious to dried 

 fruit. 



4. E. elutella Hiibner. Blackish to light gray-brown, tinted with ochreous and 

 reddish. Lines formed of white powdering, moderately wavy; antemedial line at 

 middle of wing; often obsolete. 15 mm. 



Larva light flesh color, with red-brown head, cervical shield, and supra-anal 

 plate, and small brown tubercles; found in rotten wood. 



New Jersey, western Pennsylvania, etc. Europe. Probably native. New York: 

 Albany. 



106. EPHESTIODES Ragonot 



Palpi upturned to vertex, third segment longer than second, broadly scaled; 

 antennae simple; maxillary palpi normal. Fore wing with 10 veins; M 2 and M 3 

 stalked. Hind wing with Sc minute, M, and Cu 2 long-stalked; Cu„ from angle of 

 cell. 



1. E. infimella Ragonot. Wings narrow, reddish luteous, yellower at the base, 

 and shaded with violet gray in the middle above the fold. Antemedial line dif- 

 fuse, nearly erect, obscure, followed by a blackish shade. Postmedial line oblique, 

 preceded by a dark shade; discal points distinct, sometimes fused. Terminal 

 space decidedly reddish. 10 mm. 



June in the North, earlier in the South. Larva in seeds of Ambrosia. 



Virginia to Texas and California; North Carolina; Columbia. New York: 

 Ithaca (?) 



» Details have been published by P. W, Whiting in the Journal of Experimental Zoology 28: 413. 1919 



