Open AccessLarval Description of Copitarsia incommoda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Author(s) -
Michael G. Pogue
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of the entomological society of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1938-2901
pISSN - 0013-8746
DOI - 10.1603/an10099
Subject(s) - biology , lepidoptera genitalia , noctuidae , larva , instar , chenopodium quinoa , botany , chenopodiaceae
The last instar of Copitarsia incommoda (Walker) is described for the first time. Specimens in this study were reared from quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd., Chenopodiaceae), Bolivia, La Paz, 4 km S Viacha, Quipaquipani, 3,880 m. The larva of Copitarsia incommoda is compared with larvae of Copitarsia decolora (Guenée) and Copitarsia corruda Pogue and Simmons.
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