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A Key to the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera
with special reference to North and South Dakota

 

11(8").  Fore/hindwings with CuP present as a tubular vein from base to outer margin.  
Go to 12.

 

    
 
Forewings of a cossid (left) and Megalopygid (right) with CuP indicated by an arrow.

 

11'  F/hws with vein CuP present as a crease; in some groups tubular at extreme base and near outer margin.  Go to 13.

 

    
 
Ventral forewing of Protoschinia nuchalis (Grote) (left) and Eumorpha pandora (Hübner) (right), arrows indicating a crease demarking vein CuP.

 

 

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Last updated: 06/20/07

Dr. Gerald M. Fauske
collection manager, NDSIRC
research specialist, NDSU
216 Hultz Hall
Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: Gerald.Fauske@ndsu.nodak.edu

 
Published by the Department of Entomology 


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