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Key to Instar IV Larvae of Eastern Nearctic Blepharicera (Bl. tenuipes species-group)

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Couplet 4(3)

Dorsum with row of small, submedian tubercles on each side; tubercles comprising an area of elongate-ellipsoid sensillae; body coloration usually uniformly dark...Bl. tuberosa Courtney Dorsum with row of prominent, median tubercles, one per abdominal division; body coloration either "pie-bald" or uniformly pale...5
Sensillae Body pie-bald or pale


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