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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA)
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY
Couplet 27
Lateral gills on body segments (Figs. 58, 59)
.................................................................................Acentropinae.......Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen


Distribution: southeastern Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, U.S.

Hosts: 2006: Cabomba caroliniana, Dracaena fragrans, Egeria densa, Hygrophila sp., Ludwigia sp., Mayaca fluviatilis, Rotala sp., Vallisneria sp., Vallisneria americana

pre-1998: Cabomba sp., Hydrilla sp., Limnophila sp., Myriophyllum sp.

Note: Fig. 59 is an enlargement of one lateral gill, note base; P. fluctuosalis is adventive in Hawaii; Acentropinae = Nymphulinae; see Goater 1986
Without lateral gills...........................................................................................................................28
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