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» Pyraloidea Larvae Key Couplet 4
KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA) | ||
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY | ||
Couplet 4 | ||
| Sclerotized ring around seta SD1 on A2 to A7...................................................................Mussidia nigrivenella Ragonot> Distribution: west tropical Africa; does not occur in the U.S. Hosts: 2006: Capsicum sp., Ceratonia siliqua, Entada sp., Punica granatum, stored seeds, Tamarindus indica, Tetrapleura sp. pre-1998: butter beans, cacao, calabar beans, carob or locust bean, stored grains (cereals) Note: see Aitken 1963; Corbet & Tams 1943 | ||
| Sclerotized ring around seta SD1 of mesothorax..............................................................................other Phycitinae.......5 Note: see Hinton 1943; some Phycitinae lack this character, e.g. Etiella sp | ||
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