in hollowed out nuts or insect galls; or as predators on scale 
insects. 
Valentinia glandulella (Riley), the acorn moth, feeds in acorns, 
hickory nuts, and chestnuts in southern Ontario and southward 
throughout the oak region of the Eastern and Central States. 
ayes are grayish-white or yellowish, with blackish marks on 
Op. 
Holcocera lepidophaga Clarke larvae feed mainly in male flower 
buds and flowers or among the basal scale leaves of young cones 
and vegetative buds of slash and longleaf pines in Florida. It has 
also been recorded from Massachusetts. The adult has a wing- 
spread of 11 to 17 mm. The head is ochreous-white, with slight 
infuscation posteriorly; the antennae are ochreous-white with 
narrow, dark annulations; and the forewings are ochreous-buft. 
The larvae of Zenodochium coccivorella Chambers are internal 
parasites of female scale insects of the genus Kermes in Florida. 
FAMILY GLYPHIPTERYGIDAE 
The apple-and-thorn skeletonizer, Anthophila pariana Clerck, an 
introduced species first recorded in New York State, is now 
known to occur in Virginia west to Indiana, and north to southern 
Canada. The larva feeds mostly on the leaves of apple, pear, and 
hawthorn; but mountain ash, birch, willow, plum, and sour 
cherry are also attacked. The adult is dark reddish-brown with a 
purplish tinge and has a wingspread of 12 mm. The forewings are 
often marked with faint, paie bands and wavy, black lines. Three 
or four white spots are usually along the costal margin. Full- 
grown larvae are yellowish-green with prominent black tubercles 
and are about 12 mm. long. 
Young larvae skeletonize the undersurfaces of the leaves under 
loose webs. Older larvae move to the upper surfaces and draw 
the opposite sides of leaves together with silk. They feed inside 
the fold, consuming everything but the lower epidermis and larger 
veins. Damaged leaves curl, turn brown, and fall by early Sep- 
tember. Pupation occurs in cocoons spun in the angles or folds of 
leaves, on weeds or other objects, and even in cracks of buildings. 
There are three and possibly four generations per year. 
The mimosa webworm, Homadula anisocentra Merrick (=al- 
bizzae Clark), an introduced species first reported in the United 
States at Washington, D. C., in 1942, is now widely distributed 
from New Jersey and Pennsylvania southward to Florida, Ala- 
bama, and Mississippi, and westward to Kansas and Nebraska. 
Its hosts are mimosa and honeylocust trees. The adult has a wing- 
spread of about 12 mm. The forewings are mouse-gray, except for 
a silvery luster and a stippling of black. Full-grown larvae are 
pale green to dark brown in color, are marked with five longi- 
tudinal white lines, and are about 12 mm. long. Pupae are 
yellowish-brown and about 6 mm. long. They are found in whitish, 
silken cocoons. 
Winter is spent in the pupal stage in the soil or in other pro- 
tected places. Adults appear by June, and the female deposits her 
eggs on flowers or foliage, or on the bark of small branches and 
twigs. Egg laying continues throughout the season. First and 
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