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Salobrana Tecomae
This curious little moth feeds in its larval state upon the interior of the seed-pods of the common trumpet-vine (Tecoma). The eggs are deposited when the pods are forming, and the larvae develop within them until in the fall, when they become dormant, hibernating in their burrows until the following spring, when they prepare for their escape by making an orifice in the outer shell of the pod and transforming into pupae. An excellent account of their habits has been given by the late Professor C. V. Riley in the "American Entomologist," Vol. III, p. 288. The moth is found in the southwestern portions of the United States, in the West Indies, and in Mexico and Central America.