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A Key to the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera
with special reference to North and South Dakota
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Incurvaroidea are united by characters often difficult to view without slide
mounting: male with a sagittate juxta, female with a piercing ovipositor, presence of microtrichia on the wings, ventral abdomen
with sternite A2 divided and ocelli absent.
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Prodoxidae have the maxillary palpi length
equal to 3/4 the head width. Females possess an additional tusk-like
maxillary tentacle. Fw with media stem present in discal cell. Moths are
usually white or boldly patterned and have a metallic luster. There are at
least 80 species Worldwide, of which 56 occur in North America. |
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Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley)
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| Incurvariidae
have the maxillary palpi length equal to 1/2 the head width. Moths are
generally somber colored or with alternating light and dark bands. Worldwide
there are about 194 species of which 7 occur in North America. |
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Note: two families of Incurvaroidea key out at other couplets
Adelidae- with scales on the proboscis and extremely long antennae.
Heliozelidae- lacking scales on the proboscis, having
a smooth scaled vertex and hind tibiae. |
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