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Heterogenea Shurtleffi

Heterogenea shurtleffi

Plate XLVII — Heterogenea Shurtleffi is Fig. 20
Plate XLVII — Heterogenea Shurtleffi is Fig. 20

This, which is one of the very smallest of all the Cochlidiidae, feeds in its larval stage upon black oak, chestnut, beech, and ironwood. The genus is found both in the Old World and the New.