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ON THE EARLY STAGES OF PLUSIA PRECATIONIS, Guenee.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. W. Coquillett
Affiliation:
Woodstock, Ill.

Extract

Egg.—Flattened-globular or button-shaped, sometimes with an impressed spot in the centre of the upper side ; upper part grooved, grooves narrow, interspaces roughened ; milky white ; transverse diameter about ½ m. m.

Larva.—First stage : Body deep green, two dorsal, a subdorsal and stigmatal white line, the latter the most distinct ; piliferous spots green, usually tipped with black, each bearing a short black hair; venter deep green, unmarked; head pale green. Provided with only 12 legs.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1881

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References

* Seventh Report St. Ent. Ill. p. 229.