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Fig. 136 Twig-like larva of a geometrid moth,
Ourapteryx sambucaria -
family Geometridae (x3).
Fig. 135 Body and right-hand wings of geometrid
moths - family Geometridae: (a)
Eulithis prunata:
(b)
Colotois pennaria
(x2).
horn on the eighth abdominal segment; skin of-
ten rough and finely warted; body hairs minute.
EXAMPLES:
Acherontia atropos
(death's head
hawk moth),
Deilephila elpenor
(elephant
hawk moth),
Smerinthus ocellata
(eyed hawk
moth).
Fig. 137 The hind end of geometrid larvae - family
Geometridae: (a) normal complement of prolegs; (b)
larva with additional prolegs.
Superfamily NOTODONTOIDEA
29. Family NOTODONTIDAE
(p. 232
et seq.)
Superfamily
NOCTUOIDEA
Medium-sized to large, stout-bodied moths with
relatively long forewings; tympanal organs
located in the metathorax. Larvae with crochets
on abdominal prolegs uniordinal, forming a
mesoseries; body hairs never arising in tufts; sec-
ondary setae present; anal claspers sometimes
modified into filamentous processes; body form
extremely variable.
EXAMPLES:
Cerura vinula
(puss moth),
Phalera
bucephala
(buff-tip moth).
Medium-sized, stout-bodied moths; tympanal
organs located in the metathorax.
30. Family LYMANTRIIDAE
(p. 233
et seq.)
Medium-sized moths, often with a hairy appear-
ance; females often with a distinct tuft of anal
hairs used to cover their egg batches; proboscis
absent. Larvae very hairy, either with distinct