Volume 3

A history of British moths / by F.O. Morris.

  • Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893.
Date:
1903
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A history of British moths / by F.O. Morris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TORTRIX VIBURNANA. Plate LXXXIT. Figure 16. Localities for this species are York, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are moors and commons. It feeds on the sweet gale (Myrica gale), and the bilberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus). TORTRIX ICTERANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 17. Localities for this rather common but local species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is black with conspicuous white spots. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on various plants. TORTRIX VIRIDANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 18. Localities for this generally abundant species are York, Humberstone, Brighton, Birkenhead, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears at the end of June and in July. The caterpillar is green on the fore part, yellowish green onthehinder; the spots small and black; the head brownish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the oak, the hornbeam, etc.