ARS Home
» Northeast Area
» Beltsville, Maryland (BARC)
» Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
» Systematic Entomology Laboratory
» Docs
» Pyraloidea Larvae Key
» Pyraloidea Larvae Key Couplet 29
KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA) | ||
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY | ||
Couplet 29 | ||
A single transverse plate posterior to dorsal pinacula on mesothorax (Fig. 60); crochets in complete circle (Fig. 61) ..................................................................................................Crambinae........30 | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | |
A pair of transverse plates posterior to dorsal pinacula on mesothorax (Fig. 62) or plates absent; crochets in a mesal penellipse (Fig. 63) (or may be a circle weaker on lateral edge in Lineodes integra and Udea rubigalis) (Figs. 91, 93) .....................................................Pyraustinae, Glaphyriinae, Evergestinae.......32 Note: Unless otherwise stated, the taxa following couplet 31 are Pyraustinae | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | |
Go back to couplet 28 |