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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA)
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY
Couplet 36
Head capsule with a lobelike extension over base of antenna (Fig.77)
......................................................................................................................Ostrinia nubilalis (H?bner)


Distribution: Europe and United States

Hosts: 2006: Capsicum sp., Capsicum annuum, Malus sp., Phaseolus sp., Phaseolus lunatus, Phaseolus vulgaris, strawberry, Zea mays

pre-1998: beans, beets, celery, clover, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, peas, potatoes, rhubarb, string bean, tomato, wheat

Note: see Heinrich 1919; Allyson 1981b
Head capsule without a lobelike extension over base of antenna (Fig. 78)...........................................37
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