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454 COLLEGE ENTOMOLOGY
Conopia Hubner is represented by the two important North American peach
tree borers of which C. exiliosa (Say), meta1lic dark blue with yellow markings
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FIG. 148. The strawberry crownborer, Synanthedon bibionipennis (Boisdllval). 1, female;
2, male; 3, pupa or chrysalis; 4, COcoon and cxuvia of chrysalis; 5. cocoon; 6 and 7, eggs; 8. mature
caterpi!lar. (After Mote, Wilcox, and Hills, 1929.)
On the male and a conspicuous orange-red. median band on the abdomen of the
female, is the common eastern species, while C. opalescens (Ry. Edwards) is a
somewhat larger species, dark metallic blue: the male being marked with yellow