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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA)
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY
Couplet 34
An extra nonsetal bearing plate below seta L3 on meso- and metathorax (Fig. 72) and behind L1 and L2 on A1 to A7 (Fig. 73)
..............................................................................................................Conogethes spp.

Distribution: southeast Asia, including India and Pakistan, Australia; does not occur in Hawaii

Hosts: 2006: Castanea sp., Castanea sativa, Dimocarpus longan, Eugenia sp., Euphorbia sp., Gardenia sp., Litchi chinensis, Nephelium lappaceum, Psidium sp., Psidium guajava, Pyrus communis, Syzygium sp., Syzygium jambos, Syzygium malacense, Syzygium samarangese

pre-1998: Catalpa, peach, pine

Note: prespiracular shield of prothorax extending below and beyond spiracle (Fig. 74); this species was known as Dichocrocis punctiferalis (Guen?e); C. punctiferalis is a complex of species (unpublished).
No extra nonsetal bearing plate below seta L3 on meso- and metathorax (Fig. 70) and behind L1 and L2 on abdominal segments 1 to 7 (Fig. 71)..........................................35
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