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Fig. 131 Eighth abdominal segment of a tortricid
larva - family Tortricidae.
Fig. 129 A tortricid larva - family Tortricidae:
(a) arrangement of crochets on an abdominal proleg;
(b) anal comb.
Fig. 132 Head and first thoracic segment of a pyralid
larva - family Pyralidae.
(honeycomb moth); Phycitinae - Ephestia
elutella (warehouse moth), Plodia
interpunctella (Indian meal moth); Pyralinae -
Pyrolls farinalis (meal moth); Pyraustinae -
Margaritia sticticalis (larva = beet webworm),
Ostrinia nubilalis (larva = European corn
borer).
Fig. 130 Head and prothorax of a tortricid larva -
family Tortricidae.
spiracular plate
on prothorax with two
setae
(Fig. 132)
(three in most other
Superfamily PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)
Lepidoptera).
EXAMPLES: Crambinae - Chrysoteuchia
culmella (garden grass veneer moth); Ever-
gestiinae - Evergestis forficalis (garden pebble
moth); Galleriinae - Galleria mellonella
Typically day-flying, colourful, broad-winged in-
sects with slender antennae which, unlike those
of other Lepidoptera, terminate in a distinct club
(Fig. 133); labial palps long and often prominent;
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