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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA)
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY
Couplet 2
Sclerotized ring around seta SD1 on mesothorax, metathorax, or A1 (Fig. 12)
..........................Galleriinae, Chrysauginae, Phycitinae........3


Note: Sclerotized ring sometimes absent on these segments,
but in taxa not covered in this key (Solis & Mitter 1992)
No sclerotized ring around seta SD1 on mesothorax, metathorax, or A1
....................... Pyralinae, Epipaschiinae, few Phycitinae.......19
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