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Problems in Naming the Setae of Lepidopterous Larvae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Margaret Rae MacKay
Margaret Rae MacKay
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Abstract

Some problems in the use of the nomenclatorial systems devised by Hinton (1946) and Mutuura (1956) for identification of the setae of lepidopterous larvae are discussed, and it is evident that our knowledge of setal origins in the larvae of this order are still far from complete.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 95 , Issue 9 , September 1963 , pp. 996 - 999
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1963

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