as ae 
- Skin smooth; sclerotized plates at bases of body setae minute, 
much reduced (A) POSS OHO SSE SEH OHHHOH OS OOHO OOOO HOSES OEE EOO SEO SEOES 6 
6, Setae Po, P}, Adf,, and F, in line (A); dark pigmentation at base 
of seta IIb on mesothorax (B); mandible without a toothlike 
projection on oral surface (C); third segment of labial palpus 
as long as, or longer than, basal ségment (D). 

Mexico, 
Hosts; Beets, pepper, and tomato, 
Laphygma exigua (Hbn.) 
- Setee Po, P,, Adf}, and F,; not in line (A); no dark pigmentation 
at base of seta IIb of mesothorax (B); mandible with a single, 
pointed, toothlike projection from the second ventral rib on oral 
surface (C); third segment of labial palpus not more than one-half 
as long as basal segment (D). 
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C D 
Canada and Mexico, 
Hosts; Peas, pepper, and tomato, 


Agrotis c-nigrum (L.) 
