A, B, and D courtesy of L. Nef, For. 
Biol. Res. Cent., Genck, Belgium: 
C courtesy of Can. For. Serv., 
Marit. For. Res. Cent. 
Figure 102.—The satin moth, Leucoma salicis: A, 
mating pair; B, hibernating webs on bark opened to 
show overwintering second instars; C, mature larva on 
aspen leaf; D, pupae (females are larger than males). 
River in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Since then, the area and intensity of 
infestations have declined greatly. At present. infestations occur almost entirely in 
old, abandoned apple orchards and on beach plum on Cape Cod and in coastal 
counties in Maine. During the first several years following its introduction, its hosts 
were recorded as several species of deciduous trees, principally apple. pear, plum, 
oak, willow, elm, and maple. 
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