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Identification key to the Noctuinae occurring in the Dakotas

     Below are four possibilities: A, B, C and D.  Compare your moth to each successive choice.  These choices are not always mutually exclusive, proceed to 'B' only if your specimen does not fit 'A', likewise for B, C, and D. 

 

A.  Forewings yellow or over-laid with yellow scales,
ordinary spots absent.

Dorsal forewing with noctuoid pattern largely absent.

 

  
B.  Male antennae pectinate.
 

 

 


 

 

   

 
 

C.  Frons with a raised tubercle or ring.

 

    

 


 

 

 

 

    

D.  Not exactly fitting
other choices.
 

Bi-fasciculate antennae of Feltia herilis.
Ciliate antennae of Spaelotis bicava.

   

 

 

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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

 
Published by the Department of Entomology 


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