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KEY TO SELECTED PYRALOIDEA (LEPIDOPTERA)
LARVAE INTERCEPTED AT U. S. PORTS OF ENTRY
Couplet 51
Head, prothoracic shield, and body pinacula brownish yellow, not concolorous
...............................................................................................................................................Leucinodes orbonalis (Guen?e)


Distribution: Africa and Southeast Asia, does not occur in Hawaii

Hosts: 2006: Capsicum sp., Cyphomandra betacea, Punica granatum, Solanum sp., Solanum melongena, Solanum torvum

pre-1998: chayote, potatoes, Solanaceae, tomato

Note: The character that separates L. orbonalis from N. elegantalis, the presence of a dark spot on the anterior margin of the pinaculum of seta D1 of A2 to A8, was found to occur in both species; no adults of this species have been observed from the Western Hemisphere; see Capps 1948 and Whittle & Ferguson 1987b
Head and prothoracic shield pale yellow, pinacula concolorous with body
........................................................................................................................................Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guen?e)


Distribution: Mexico to South America, and West Indies

Hosts: 2006: Capsicum sp., Capsicum annuum, Sechium edule, Solanum sp., Solanum lycopersicum, Solanum melongena, Solanum quitoense, Solanum torvum

pre-1998: Solanaceae

Note: See Capps 1948
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