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Interrupted Dagger-moth

Apatela interrupta

Plate XIX — Interrupted Dagger-moth is Fig. 5
Plate XIX — Interrupted Dagger-moth is Fig. 5

The larva feeds upon the Rosaceae, and also upon the elm and the birch. The insect has a wide range from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the northern portions of the Gulf States.