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BIOSYSTEMATICS OF THE GENUS EUXOA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE): IV. EGGS OF THE SUBGENUS EUXOA HBN.1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. H. Salkeld
E. H. Salkeld
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

The eggs of 18 species of cutworms of the subgenus Euxoa Hübner are described and a key for separating some of them has been constructed. Only in rare instances can species be identified from egg morphology alone, but the egg stage can usually be identified to the subgeneric level.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 11 , November 1975 , pp. 1137 - 1152
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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