100 TiNGITIDAE 



Family TINGITIDAE Costa " 



Compiled by Carl J. Drake 



ACALYPTA Westwood 



637i A. lillianis Bno. Adirondacks, Indian L., Aug (Brb) ; Corinth; Pine I., Je 

 (Brb); White Plains, May-Jl (Bno); LI: Sea Cliff. Food plant, 

 moss ; collected by sifting moss and sphagnum. 



CORYTHUCHA Stal 



638 C. ciliata Say. Canastota, Mar, Faure; Syracuse, May-Je, Sep, Dec (Drk) ; 



Buffalo (EPV) ; Lancaster, Aug, Colden, Jl (EPV), Hamburg, May, 

 Aug (EPV) ; Enfield Falls, Jl, MacG; Ithaca, Je-Jl, Sep, Oct, Summers 

 (Morr) ; Poughkeepsie, Jl, Yg (NYS) ; White Plains, Feb-Oct 

 (Ols&Bno) ; LI: North Beach, Sep (Plm) ; Flushing, Sep (Plunk); 

 Wyandanch L., Aug (01s). Very abundant on sycamore or button- 

 wood (Platanus occidentalis L.) ; hibernates beneath bark of sycamore 

 and among fallen leaves on the ground. 



639 C. arcuata (Say). Fulton Co, Alex; Syracuse, Sep-Oct (Drk) ; Buffalo and 



vie, Jl, Sep (EPV) ; Lime L., Aug (EPV) ; Machias (EPV) ; Ithaca, 

 Jl, Dec; Poughkeepsie, May; Scarsdale, Aug (Bno) ; White Plains, 

 May, Oct (Bno) ; LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Jl (Brb). Breeds on various 

 species of oaks, and occasionally on chestnut, very rarely on maple and 

 apple. Hibernates beneath leaves and in other secluded places on the 

 ground. 

 C. arcuata var. mali Gib. Common, and perhaps more abundant than typical 

 form ; same distribution and food plants. 

 639 J C. salicis O. & D. Cranberry L., Wanakena, May-Sep (Drk) ; Lime L., 



Aug (EPV). Willow. 

 — C. ulmi O. & D. Nassau, Oct. 



640 C. pergandei Heid. Wanakena, Cranberry L., May-Sep (Drk) ; Nassau, 



Oct; S5^racuse, May-Je, Sep (Drk); Jamestown, Jl; Ithaca, Je-Jl, 

 Summers ; Karner, May, Oct ; Voorheesville, all stages very abundant on 

 hoary alder, Leon (Drk) ; Saugerties, Jl (Brb) ; White Plains, May-Je 

 (Bno); Van Cort. Pk., Aug (EPV); SI, Feb, Je (Brb & Ds) ; LI: 

 Wading R., May (Brb); Bay Shore (01s); Flushing, Sep (NYS). 

 Common on alder {Alnus incana (L.) Moench and Alnus rugosa (Du 

 Roi) Spreng.), and rarely on plum (Primus americana Marsh.) ; some- 

 times taken at light ; adults found on ground during winter by sifting 

 fallen leaves. 



64U C. pruni O. & D. Colden, Jl (EPV); Salamanca, Aug (EPV). Wild 

 black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.). 



645 C. marmorata (Uhl.) (decens VanD., in part). Syracuse, Aug-Sep (Drk) ; 

 Rochester, Jl; Lancaster, Sep (EPV) ; Buffalo, Jl-Sep (EPV) ; Ithaca, 

 Jl-Aug, Summers; Albany, Je-Sep (Fitch, Felt); Karner, Je; Coey- 

 mans, Je-Aug; White Plains (as gossypii Bno.); West Pt., Jl (Brb); 

 LI: Cold Sp. Harb., Aug (Brb); Bay Shore, Hempstead, Jl (01s); 

 Yaphank, Jl, Flushing, Je (01s). Occurs in large numbers on aster, 

 goldenrod, Ambrosia trifida, and other Compositae. 



^^ In addition to the species listed herein, Corythucha pallida O. & D., C. coryli O. & D., C. celtis 

 O. & D., C. bulbom O. &_D., Gargaphia solani Heid., Gelchossa oblonga (Say), Teleonima nigrina 

 Champ., Atheas insignis Heid., Leptoypha costata Parsh., Physatocheila major O. & D., and Dic- 

 tyonota tricornis var. americana Parsh., probably occur in New York State. 



