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13 Cards in this Set
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Lepidoptera (general characteristics) |
-body covered with scales -long coiled, sucking mouthparts -prominent antennae, large compound eyes |
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Pieridae |
-small to medium in size with yellow, white, orange and black markings -includes some pest species (cabbage white) |
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Nymphalidae |
-scaled antennae -reduced, clawless front legs -common butterflies |
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hesperildae |
-clubbed antennae with terminal hook -front and back wings held at different angles -small& stout bodied -fast erratic flight |
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sphingidae - sphinx moths |
-can be very large -proboscus as long as body or even longer -larvae are pests (hornworm) -hovers over flowers like hummingbirds |
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Pyralidae - pyralid moths |
-small sized -pest family includes european corn borer -scaled proboscus |
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Noctuidae - noctuid moths |
-largest family in order -heavy bodies & slow flying moths -HUGE pest fam, includes armyworms, cutworms, & corn earworm -drab coloring |
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Psychidae (bagworm moths) |
-hairy bidy -clearish wings -forest pests -males are winged, females are wormlike |
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Sessidae |
-no scales on wing -narrow frontwings, broad backwings -mimic wasps but have straight antennae -bore into roots & canes but have a narrow host range -includes peach tree borer |
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Geometridae - measuring worms |
-small, delicate, and slender -broad wings with wavy lines -nocturnal -includes forest pests such as loopers -larvae are inchworms |
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tortricidae (torticid moths) |
-gray, tan, or brown with spots -lots of pests including coddling and fruit moths -nonscaled proboscus |
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Gelechiidae - gelechiid moths |
-small -wing tips are scooped not rounded -larvae have very small legs -some pests such as pink bollworm |
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arciitidae - tiger moths |
-small to medium sized with a thick body -brightly spotted/banded -hold wings like a roof over their body -nocturnal -includes pests such as fall webworm |
