UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

CEPHALIC CHAETOTAXY OF LAST INSTAR CATERPILLAR OF PLUSIA ORICHALCEA FABR. (NOCTUIDAE)

VINEET KUMAR *

PG-DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, SANATAN DHARM COLLEGE, MUZAFFARNAGAR-251 CO1, INDIA.

S. C. GOEL *

PG-DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, SANATAN DHARM COLLEGE, MUZAFFARNAGAR-251 CO1, INDIA.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

The last instar caterpillar of Plusia orichalcea Fabr has been studied to generalise the cepha chaetotaxy having 12 long tactile setae (A1, A2, A3; P1, P2; L1; O1, O2, O3; SO1, SO2, SO3), minute setae (V1; V2; G1) and 6 punctures (Aa; Pa; La; Oa; Va; Ga).

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