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Acronycta on birch
Whitish food green a row of white S-d spots (ii) warts [[crown of?]] setae. Hd .7 ±
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[[underlined]] July 11 [[/underlined]] Hd 1.4 same. White patches before i - ii distinct, somewhat oblique. [[male symbol]] glands show plainly, whitish, d - m 9. A few short pale scattered 2d hairs even d. Hair dark. d. several [[insertion]] 3 - 5 [[/insertion]] from a [[wart?]], pale s-v. Hair as usual.
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[[underlined]] Hd .5 [[/underlined]] Colorless food green faint white spots alg ii warts with 1 or 2 setae & crown of shorter ones
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July 24 Hd 2.4 = [[underlined]] M. fragilis [[/underlined]] 476
July 30 Hd a faint brown tint at vertex & brown mottling down front.
Body like 476

Transcription Notes:
"Food green" is a term that can be found in publications of Dyar's online; it may refer to the caterpillar being semi-transparent, and therefore the same color as whatever food it's eaten. -mnathan