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SIXTH-INSTAR LARVAE OF NOCTUA PRONUBA (L.) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Kenneth A. Neil  and
H.B. Specht
Kenneth A. Neil
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4N 1J5
H.B. Specht
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4N 1J5
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Abstract

The 6th-instar larvae of Noctua pronuba (L.) are described and illustrated. The larvae, although similar to other noctuinae genera, can be distinguished by the hypopharyngeal complex and mandible morphology. Life history notes based on larvae and adults collected in Nova Scotia are also given.

Résumé

L’auteur décrit et illustre le 6iéme stade des larves de Noctua pronuba (L.). Ces larves ressemblent à d’autres genres de Noctuidae, mais se distinguent par la complexe hypopharyngéale et la morphologie de la mandibule. L’auteur inclut aussi des notes descriptives biologiques des larves et adultes recueillis en Nouvelle Écosse.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 119 , Issue 3 , March 1987 , pp. 209 - 214
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1987

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