Identification key to the Noctuinae occurring in the Dakotas

A1.  (1bba) Female with two widely separated abdominal foveae posterio-ventrad. 
    Ground color brown, double transverse lines black, filling of groundcolor.
    Spaelotis clandestina (Harris).

A1.' Female with two large nearly contiguous abdominal fovear posterio-ventrad.
    Ground color gray-brown, transverse lines black with some white filling. 
    Spaelotis bicava Lafontaine.

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Last updated: 02/06/07

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

 
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