larval instar

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• instar — n. [L. instar, form] 1. An insect or nematode at a particular larval period or stage between molts. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Numbered to designate the various periods, i.e., first instar, second instar, etc.; can be abbreviated 1°, 2°, 3°; see… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• instar — Any of the successive nymphal stages in the metamorphosis of hemimetabolous insects (simple or incomplete metamorphosis), or the stages of larval change by successive molts that characterize the holometabolous insects (complex or complete… …   Medical dictionary

• dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …   Universalium

• insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …   Universalium

• Pauropoda — Taxobox name = Pauropods image caption = Pauropus huxleyi regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Myriapoda classis = Pauropoda classis authority = Lubbock, 1868 ordo = Pauropodina subdivision ranks = Families subdivision =… …   Wikipedia

• Tsetse fly — This page is about the insect. For other meanings, see Tsetse (disambiguation). Tsetse fly Tsetse fly Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Tent caterpillar — Taxobox name = Tent caterpillars image width = 240px image caption = Lackey moth, Malacosoma neustrium regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera unranked familia = Macrolepidoptera superfamilia = Lasiocampoidea… …   Wikipedia

• Light brown apple moth — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• prepupa — n.; pl. ae [L. prae, before; pupa, puppet] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Quiescent last larval instar before ecdysis to a pupa; not ordinarily representing a distinct morphological stage; propupa; see pharate. a. In Thysanoptera and male Coccidae, a… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction   any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… …   Universalium

• Diapause — is the delay in development in response to regularly and recurring periods of adverse environmental conditions.[1][2] It is considered to be a physiological state of dormancy with very specific initiating and inhibiting conditions. Diapause is a… …   Wikipedia