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18 (3").
Moth in larval case, without legs or wings. Superfamily Tineoidea: Family Psychidae
(part).See couplet 10e. |
| 18'. Moths
outside of larval case, legs present, wings present or absent. Go to
19 |
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| 19.
Ocelli absent. Go to 20. |
| 19.'
Ocelli present. Go to 21. |
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20. Tibial epiphysis present, slender legged smooth scaled moths.
Superfamily
Geometroidea:
Family Geometridae (part). See couplet 15b. |
20.' Tibial epiphysis absent,
stout legged hairy moths. Superfamily Noctuoidea:
Family
Lymantriidae (part). See couplet
14a. |
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21.
Aquatic, palpi very small, hind tibia and tarsus with a fringe of hair along
dorsal surface.
Superfamily Pyraloidea: Family
Crambidae (part). See
couplet 6b1.* |
| 21.' Not
aquatic, palpi usually extending beyond front, tibia with long loose hair. Go to
22. |
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22.
Proboscis with scales, labial palpi upturned and extending sickle-like
beyond vertex.
Superfamily Gelechioidea: Family Oecophoridae (part).
See couplet 6d.* |
| 22.'
Proboscis without scales, or atrophied, labial palpi not extending beyond
vertex. Go to 23.* |
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23. Body
< 1 cm, frons with
scales on upper half oriented downward, on lower half oriented
upward.
Superfamily
Tortricoidea: Family Tortricidae
(part). See couplet 10.* |
23.' Body length > 1 cm, frons with hair-scales projecting out and down. These
are moths of
the arctic. Superfamily Noctuoidea (part). See couplet
14a.* |
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Two 'families' of noctuoids with atrophied wings key to this couplet:
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Arctiidae- meso-/ meta- tibiae without setae. |
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Noctuidae- meso- /meta- tibiae with setae |
