title: Aucula magnifica (Schaus, 1904) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae): morphology of egg and last instar larvae.
abstract: Aiming to contribute to knowledge of the immature instars of Neotropical Lepidoptera, this study details the morphology of the egg and last instar larvae of Aucula magnifica (Schaus, 1904) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae), emphasising the structures of the corium and the chaetotaxy. There is also a report of the occurrence of entomopathogenic action of Nomuraea rileyi (Farlow) Samson fungi on the larva.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Exatas, Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Bento Gonçalves, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poletto
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: L R B
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Specht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006999:Hypocreales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000382:microbiology; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D010063:Ovum