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Figure 50. — The cypress webber (Epinotia subviridis) : A, Adult moth, X 2.3; 

 B, eggs, greatly enlarged; C, larvae, X 6.8; D, pupa, X 6.8; E, cocoons on 

 twig (slightly reduced) and abdominal tip of pupa. (Drawings by 

 Edmonston.) 



on the leaf tissue. The damage they do is usually insignificant, 

 since these trees are able to replace their foliage each year. Insects 

 with the leaf -mining habit belong in the main to the order of the 

 moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) , but a few beetles (Coleop- 

 tera), flies (Diptera), and wasps (Hymenoptera) also have this 

 habit. 



The leaf blotch miners hollow out irregular-shaped mines or 

 blotches between the upper and lower surfaces of leaves. There 



