NEW DESCRIPTIONS OF LARVAE OF FOREST INSECTS, VII, PERO, NEPYTIA, CARIPETA (LEPIDOPTERA, GEOMETRIDAE)

Abstract

Antepenultimate Instar: Width of head 1.4 to 1.5 mm. Body 10 to 11 mm. in length and 1.5 to 1.9 mm. in width. Epicranial index 1.2 to 1.3. Ocelli 1 and 2 often contiguous but occasionally slightly separated. Crochets on ventral proleg number about 40.Penultimate Instar: Width of head 1.9 mm. Body 12 mm. in length and 1.5 mm. in width. Epicranial index 0.8. Ocelli 1 and 2 contiguous. Crochets on the ventral proleg number 35.