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Lepidoptera   Listen
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Lepidoptera  n. pl.  (Zool.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored. Note: They have a tubular proboscis, or haustellum, formed by the two slender maxillae. The labial palpi are usually large, and the proboscis, when not in use, can be coiled up spirally between them. The mandibles are rudimentary. The larvae, called caterpillars, are often brightly colored, and they commonly feed on leaves. The adults feed chiefly on the honey of flowers.






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... the Zoea-brood to the sexually mature animal was traced by Spence Bate in Carcinus maenas. He proved that the metamorphosis is a perfectly gradual one, and that no sharply separated stages of development, like the caterpillar and pupa of the Lepidoptera, could be defined in it. Unfortunately we possess only this single complete series of observations, and its results cannot be regarded at once as universally applicable; thus the young Hermit Crabs retain the general aspect and ...
— Facts and Arguments for Darwin • Fritz Muller



Words linked to "Lepidoptera" :   Hexapoda, Bombycidae, Satyridae, Saturniidae, family Lasiocampidae, family Geometridae, class Insecta, Gelechiidae, Tortricidae, family Bombycidae, family Gelechiidae, Sphingidae, Danaidae, lepidopterous insect, family Lymantriidae, Lycaenidae, family Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, family Pyralidae, animal order, Arctiidae, family Arctiidae, family Tortricidae, Pieridae, family Danaidae, family Pieridae, lepidopteran, family Noctuidae, family Sphingidae, family Nymphalidae, Tineoidea, Insecta, superfamily Tineoidea, lepidopteron, caterpillar, family Satyridae



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