Identification key to the Noctuinae occurring in the Dakotas

1.  (key-4c)  Discal cell with black before and between ordinary spots.
          Xestia normaniana (Grote).
 

1.'  Discal cell with at most a darker shade proximad to reniform spot.  
         Xestia smithii (Snellen).
                

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Last updated: 02/06/07

Dr. Gerald M. Fauske
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research specialist, NDSU
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