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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA)
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY
Couplet 49
A1 with two (rarely three) subventral setae (Fig. 99); prespiracular shield oblong (Fig. 100); pinaculum of seta D1 on A2 to A8 without dark spot on anterior margin........................................................................................50
A1 with one subventral seta (Fig. 101); prespiracular shield crescent shaped, may extend under spiracle (Fig. 102); pinaculum of seta D1 on A 2 to A 8 with dark spot on anterior margin (Fig. 103) (dark spot can appear very shiny white after preservation)...........................................................................................51
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