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THE LARVAE OF SOME SPECIES OF THE GENUS STENOPORPIA FROM ARIZONA (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert W. Poole
Robert W. Poole
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Abstract

The larvae of 11 species of the genus Stenoporpia (Geometridae: Lepidoptera) from Arizona are described, figured, and keyed. On the basis of the known larvae, Stenoporpia can be divided into four very distinct species-groups, one feeding on species of oak, and the other three on conifers. Temporal displacement was found in four species of Stenoporpia feeding on ponderosa pine at the Fort Valley Experimental Forest near Flagstaff, Ariz. The sensory papillae of the maxillary palpi are investigated as a taxonomic character. A list of all of the known foodplants of the species of the genus is given.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 7 , July 1969 , pp. 738 - 757
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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