FAMILY LYONETIIDAE 



Bedellia somnulentella (Zell.) 



Food plant: Morning glory. 

 Occurrence: Wakefield, Mass. 

 Total received: One collection of 40 larvae. 

 Larvae: August-September (leaf miners) . 

 Pupae: October. 

 Adults: October. 

 Generations: Apparently two. 

 Parasites: None. 



Bucculatrix packardella Chamb. 



Food plants: American beech, European beech. 



Occurrence: Quincy, Mass. 



Totals received: One collection of 30 larvae and pupae. 



Larvae: May and June. 



Pupae: June. 



Adults: June to early in July. 



Generations: Apparently two. 



Parasites: 



Hymenoptera: 



Pnigalio maculipes (Cwfd.) 



Parasite 

 specimens 



Years 

 recovered 



Collections 

 yielding 

 parasite 



Host 

 larvae 

 collected 



2 



1 



1 



30 



Bucculatrix pomifoliella Clem. 



Food plant: Apple. 



Occurrence: St. Albans, Maine, and Hardwick, Mass. 



Totals received: Two collections totaling 17 pupae. 



Larvae: July to September. 



Pupae: Fall to spring. 



Adults: May and June. 



Parasites: 



Hymenoptera: 



Gelis sp 



Parasite 

 specimens 



Years 

 recovered 



Collections 

 yielding 

 parasite 



Host 

 pupae 

 collected 



1 



1 



1 



16 



Bucculatrix canadensisella Chamb. birch skeletonizer 



Food plants: Gray birch, yellow birch. (Outbreaks of this species 

 occasionally affect extensive areas.) 



Occurrence: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts; 

 and St. John, N. B. 



Totals received: Collections, 22; larvae, f many hundreds; years, 8. 



Larvae: July to September. 



Pupae: Fall to spring. 



Adults: Late in May to early in July. 



Parasites : 



Collections 



Parasite Years re- yielding Host larvae 



Hymenoptera: specimens covered parasite collected 



Bucculatriplex bucculatricis (Ashm.) 34 4 10 320 



Pleurotropis bucculatricis Gah §2 1 1 25 



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