ec. Head brownish yellow; body yellowish to grayish- 
green (Opening buds and terminal needles 
webbed together in the spring) 
Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana. 
(18) Sumac— 
a. Body green, more or less tinged with red 
Episimus argutanus. 
b. Head yellow and brown; body yellow green, with 
brick*redalines#a2ee= Nephopteryx sugfuscella. 
(14) Sycamore—Body light green; tapers toward each end 
Adoxophyes furcatana. 
(15) Tupelo—Head yellowish; body black 
Actrix nyssaecolella. 
(16) Willow— 
a. Head large, dull brownish or reddish brown; body 
dull*pale=oreen: te % ee ee Erynnis icelus. 
b. Head light brown; body light green 
Amorbia humerosana. 
(17) Various hosts— 
a. Head brownish; body pale green 
Choristoneura rosaceana. 
b. Head light to dark brown; body dull green 
Archips rosanus. 
ec. Head dark brown or black; body light green 
Archips argyrospilus. 
d. Head black; body dark brown 
Sptlonota ocellana. 
e. Head yellow brown; body translucent, greenish 
with 4 whitish, longitudinal lines 
Dichomeris ligulellus. 
f. Head large; body green and tapering 
Machimia tentoriferella. 
11. Webworms and tent makers 
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(1) Ailanthus—Body dark olive brown, marked with 
WIC O IMCS oc a a anaes Atteva aurea. 
(2) Wild cherry, apple—Body dark colored with a white 
stripe on the dorsum ...... Malacosoma americanum. 
(3) Apple, wild plum, cherry—Head light brown; body 
dark brown to almost black, with a broken white 
line on each side and 2 conspicuous reddish spots 
on the back near the rear end 
Nygmia phaeorrhoea. 
(4) Cherry, elm, apple, persimmon, and many other species 
—Body generally pale yellowish or greenish, with 
a broad, dusky longitudinal stripe on the back and 
a yellowish stripe on the sides; clothed with whit- 
ish to reddish hairs arising from black and orange 
warts ....... ; r Hyphantria cunea. 
(5) Beech—Body yellowish green with faint stripes 
Tetralopha spp. 
(6) Birch, Willow—Body dark brown to black, with black 
dots on the sides below which are spots that vary 
from white to red FBulype hastata. 
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