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ALVAREZ-GARCIA, Deivys Moisés; DIAZ PEREZ, Jorge Arnaldo  y  AMARRILLO-SUAREZ, Ángela. Hylesia continua (Walker, 1865) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in a locality of northern Colombia: pupae dimorphism and lepidopterism. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.2, pp.327-330. ISSN 2448-8445.

Sexual dimorphism in pupae of Hylesia continua, is presented. The length and width are higher in females than males. The genital opening is between the eighth and ninth abdominal segments in females and in the ninth in males. Two cases of lepidopterism caused by this species are also reported.

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