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Identification key to the Noctuinae
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. Orbicular a pale open
U or
V-shaped spot.
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B. Vertex tufted with
black scales.
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C. Ptagia pale with darker scales and posterior
margin. Forewing with black subapical spot.
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D. Forewing dark with pale reniform spot, other
characters not as above.
Xestia xanthographa (Denis
& Schiffermüller)*
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