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Synanthedon Pictipes

Synanthedon pictipes

Plate XLVI — Synanthedon Pictipes is Fig. 24
Plate XLVI — Synanthedon Pictipes is Fig. 24

The larvae feed under the bark of plums, wild and cultivated cherry-trees, peach-trees, the June-berry (Amelanchier), and the chestnut. The eggs are laid on the trunks and the branches of the trees. The moths are on the wing in June and July.