| 1. | Body ovoid, trapezoidal, rhomboidal, hump-backed dorsally; body width distinctly less than diameter of gallery (Figs 2, 4) | 2 |
| – | Body elongate, not markedly hump-backed; body width almost the same as that of the gallery (Fig. 7) | 4 |
| 2. | Prominent pseudopods on meso- and meta-thoracic segments and on abdominal segments 5–8, head broader than long (Figs 2, 4) | 3 |
| – | Pseudopods not very prominent on any body segment, head more round | third instar |
| 3. | Only two pairs of spiracles, both the same size, one pair on prothorax and one on abdominal segment 8, head very broad, transversely oblong (Fig. 2) | first instar |
| – | Nine pairs of spiracles, one pair on prothorax and one pair on each side of first eight abdominal segments, head more elliptical (Fig. 4) | second instar |
| 4. | Pronotum lacking any brown chitinized pattern; mandibles slightly chitinized with teeth on cutting margin (Fig. 6) | fourth instar |
| – | Pronotum with brownish chitinized patterned consisting of two pairs setae, surrounded by irregular ridges (Fig. 10); mandibles heavily chitinized, apex bluntly pointed and free of small teeth (Fig. 9b) | fifth instar |