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A STUDY OF SOME NORTH AMERICAN LARVAE OF THE GENUS TETRALOPHA ZELLER (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE: EPIPASCHIINAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Suzanne Allyson
Suzanne Allyson
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa
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Abstract

The larvae of Tetralopha web leaves of many kinds of trees and shrubs. A key to nine North American species is included, with descriptions of the last instar larvae. The species considered are Tetralopha robustella Zeller, T. militella Zeller, T. expandens Walker, T. aplastella Hulst, T. asperatella Clemens, T. vacciniivora Munroe, T. euphemella Hulst, T. scortealis Lederer, and T. baptisiella Fernald.

Résumé

Les larves de Tetralopha tissent les feuilles de plusieurs espèces d’arbres et arbustes. La description du dernier stade larvaire, ainsi qu’une clef d’identification de neuf espèces nord américaines sont incluses. Les espèces sont Tetralopha robustella Zeller, T. militella Zeller, T. expandens Walker, T. aplastella Hulst, T. asperatella Clemens, T. vacciniivora Munroe, T. euphemella Hulst, T. scortealis Lederer, et T. baptisiella Fernald.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 3 , March 1977 , pp. 329 - 336
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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