Identification key to the Notodontidae occurring in the Dakotas

     Below are four possibilities: A, B, C and D.  Compare your moth to each successive choice.  These choices are not always mutually exclusive, proceed to 'B' only if your specimen does not fit 'A', likewise for B, C, and D. 

A.  Metatibiae with  a single pair of spurs. _____________		B.  Antennae of males fasciculate.  Forewings brown with transverse lines.
C.  Antennae of male pectinate     in basal 2/3, simple to apex.		D.  Antennae of male pectinate to apex.

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Last updated: 04/14/09

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