Prespiracular shield crescent-shaped, often extending below the 
spiracle (A); distance between setae Adf, and Fj less than that 
between Adf, and Adf, (B). 
A B 
Cuba and Mexico. 
Hosts: Eggplant and tomato, Lineodes integra (Zell.) 
22. Sclerotization extending from postero-lateral margin of 
prothoracic shield to prespiracular shield (A); plate at base 
of seta I blackish, ovate (B). 
S) 
A B 
Central America, South America, and West Indies. 
Hosts: Beets, cotton and cut flowers. (Larva a foliage feeder, 
seldom intercepted. ) Loxostege similalis (Guen. ) 
No sclerotization extending from postero-lateral margin of 
prothoracic shield to prespiracular shield; plate at base of 
seta I brown, triangular, with a small fuscous pit near 
antero-dorsal) margins(A)).:..)46.22) 5, este epeel neue orice) 1e) ote) era's Meine 23 
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