VESICAS OF SELECTED TORTRICID AND SMALL LEPIDOPTEROUS SPECIES, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW TECHNIQUES OF VESICA EVERSION (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIIDAE, AND NEPTICULIDAE)

Abstract

AbstractVesicas of the following tortricid and other small lepidopterous species are described and illustrated: Tortricidae: Orthotaenia undulana (Denis and Schiffermüller), Apotomisfrigidana (Packard), Olethreutes appendiced (Zeller), Evora hemidesma (Zeller), Epinotia nanana (Treitschke), Corticivora clarki Clarke, Atchips packardiana (Fernald), Pandemis limitata (Robinson), and Aethes rutilana (Hübner); Oecophoridae: Psilocorsis quercicella Clemens; Gelechiidae: Dichomeris flavocostella (Clemens); and Nepticulidae: Obrussa ochrefasciella (Chambers).The injection and chemical induction techniques of eversion of vesicas of tortricid moths and other Lepidoptera are described.