exarate pupa

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• pupa adectica — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A pupa without articulated mandibles for use by a pharate adult; see pupa dectica, pupa exarate, pupa obtect …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• pupa coarctate — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Puparium or last larval skin enclosing the exarate pupa; found in many Diptera …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• pupa exarate — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) An adecticous pupa in which the appendages are free and not cemented to the body wall; pupa exarata; see pupa obtect …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• pupa — pupal, adj. /pyooh peuh/, n., pl. pupae / pee/, pupas. an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago. See illus. under metamorphosis. [1765 70; < NL, special use of L pupa girl, doll, puppet.… …   Universalium

• exarate — /ek seuh rayt /, adj. (of a pupa) having the antennae, legs, and wings free. Cf. obtect. [1865 70; < L exaratus (ptp. of exarare to plow up). See EX 1, ARABLE, ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

• exarate — ˈeksəˌrāt adjective Etymology: Latin exaratus, past participle of Latin exarare to plow up, write on a tablet, from ex ex (I) + arare to plow more at ear 1. : grooved or furrowed 2. of a pupa : having the appendages not cemented to the body… …   Useful english dictionary

• obtect pupa — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A pupa in which the appendages are glued down to the body by a secretion produced at the larval/pupal molt; see exarate pupa …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• free pupa — see exarate pupa …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• 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

• lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… …   Universalium

• Holometabolism — For the taxonomic group, see Holometabola. Hymenoptera holometabolism Holometabolism, also called complete metamorphism, is a term applied to insect groups to describe the specific kind of insect development which includes four life stages as an… …   Wikipedia