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Unassigned Helicoverpa and Heliothis caterpillars

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Heliothinae
No Taxon Unassigned Helicoverpa and Heliothis caterpillars
Identification
Well, our hopes that we would be able to sort out the caterpillar images in these two genera when we got the new Wagner book have been badly bruised! We have read pages 345 to 349 a couple times, but...

We will make a No Taxon page for the images of the caterpillars of these two species.
Caterpillars that have been raised and produced adults will be placed on the appropriate species page.
Caterpillars on corn will remain on the Helicoverpa page.
Caterpillars with "dorsal pinacula on A1 and A2 connected by diffuse darkened bar" will be placed on the Heliothis virescens page.

We'll take a look at what remains on the No Taxon page when we're done and see if we can do more, but...
And of course we'll welcome any help once others get their copy of the book!
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 January, 2012 - 5:50pm

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