FOOD INDEX 



(This index is arranged systematically, following the Robinson and Fernald 

 edition of Gray's Manual. In looking up a caterpillar, it is best to look first for 

 the general feeders and the forms already reported from the plant on which 

 it was found, and then for other members of the same family, as caterpillars 

 rarely confine themselves strictly to a single food plant.) 



General feeders, normally on trees and shrubs 



opercularis 102, pyxidifera 102, crispata, 102; most Eucleidse 105—113; ephemera;formis 

 144, speculella 152, ainslielhi 159, tentoriferella 235, algidella 252, trialbamaculella 265, 

 scitula 372, solandriana 400, cornifoliana 406, nubeculana 408, naevana 411, argutanus 

 447, rhoifructana 473, caryae 476, diluticostana 477, pettitana 477, variegana 484, 

 ministrana 490, alleniana 492, obsoletana 494, rosaceana 496, rosana 496, rileyana 496, 

 persicana 497, argyrospila 497, semiferana 497, limitana 498, robinise 519, pyrina 520, 

 asperatella 607, regalis 665, imperialis 665, io 670, luna 671, polyphernus 672, promethea 

 673, ceeropia 674, torrefacta 678, velleda 680, punctistriga 681, disstria 682, amerieana 

 682. 



General feeders, normally on herbaceous plants 



confederata 144, rutilans 370, hebesana 458, sulfureana 476, reticulatana 477, idseusalis 478, 

 flavedana 479, osseana 488, velutinana 490, pallorana 492, alleniana 492, obsoletana 494, 

 persicana 497, oculatana 523, fascialis 545, undalis 550, noctuella 553, bipunctalis 554, 

 similalis 556, mancalis 557, ferrugalis 560, ainslei 568, hortuellus 603, punctidactyla 644, 



monodactylus 651, io 670. 



General feeders on aquatic plants 

 ainslei 568, icciusalis 577. 



Predacious or parasitic species (on aphids and scales) 

 aphidiera 311, bassettella 358, virescana ? 489, Macrothecinse 535, coccidivora 632. 



Scavengers, stored-food pests, and clothes moths 



(These three types of habit intergrade so perfectly that it is not convenient 

 to list them separately. The majority of species listed here would naturally 

 belong to at least two of the three categories.) 

 Tinea spp. 124, fuscipunctella 126, pellionella 127, granella 130, tapetzella 131, Monopis 

 spp. 131, ferruginella 132, crocicapitella 132, bisselliella 133, insectella 140, lacteella 250, 

 cerealella 305, Blastobasidse 308, rileyi 327, mellonella 533, sociella 534, grisella 535, 

 julianalis 539, farinalis 585, cuprealis 586, costalis 586, ceratonias 614, edmandsii 631 

 Ephestia spp. 634-635, interpunctella 636. 



Species feeding on definite foods 



Microscopic water creatures 

 fulicalis 580. 



Fungi 



Scardia spp. 123, Tinea spp. 124, croceoverticella 128, multistriatella 128, rileyi 128, arcella 

 129, acapnopennella 129, granella 130, cristatella ? 135. 



Mosses and liverworts 

 Micropterygidse 63, laqueatellus 597. 



Club mosses 

 Lycopodium : lycopodiana 476. 



Lichens , 



Eudarcia 77, walshella 144, rileyi ? 144, Symmoca 261, adelalis 538. 



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