Xyleutes (zilutez)

[NL. (Hübner, 1816), IMG:content-2651.png:[graphic] Common Locust-borer (Xylentes robinia), female, natural size. genus of moths, of the family Co idæ. X. rob i niæ is the common locust-borer of the United States. See also cut under carpenter - moth. xylharmonica (zil-här-mon'i-kä), n. [ [NL. (Bentham, 1852), so called from the woody pod; pre ed woody two-valved pod with transverse obovate seeds. The only species, X. dolabriform is (formerly Inga xylocarp a ), is a tall tree of tropical Asia, producing a hard wood and bearing bipinnate leaves of only two pinnæ, these with four or five pairs of large leaflets and an odd one. The small pale-green flowers are condensed into globose heads which form terminal racemes or axillary clusters. It is known as the ironwood of Pegu , or by its Burmese name, pyengadu (which see). xylidine (zil'i-din), n. Same as xyloidine . Xylina (zil'i-nä), n. [NL. (Treitschke, 1826), ξύλον , wood.] A genus of noctuid moths, giving name to the Xylinidæ, and having the male antenne simple, simple, the pro boscis short, the body robust, and the fore wings rounded at the apex. The larvæ usually live on trees, and the pupæ are subterranean. The genus is represented in all parts of the world, and the species number about 5C. Xylina of which 8 are European and about 20 North American. X. cinerea, of the United States, is called the ash - gray pin ion, and its larva bores into green apples and peaches, and feeds upon the foliage of various trees. Three of the British species are fancifully named respectively the conformist, X. furcifera (X. conform is ), the nonconformist, X. lamb da, and the gray shoulder-knot, X. ornithopus.