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Looper

noun

Small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae. Synonyms: inchworm, measuring worm.

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... the other hand, may have as many as eight pairs of pro-legs, the series beginning on the second abdominal segment; here, however, the pro-legs have no hooklets. Among the Lepidoptera, we notice a reduction in the number of pro-legs in the 'looper' caterpillars of Geometrid moths. Here only two pairs are present, those on the sixth and tenth abdominal segments. Consequently, as the caterpillar can cling only by the thorax and by the hinder region of the abdomen, the middle region of the body is ...

— The Life-Story of Insects • Geo. H. Carpenter

... Looper: applied to geometrid and other caterpillars in which some or all the middle abdominal legs are wanting and which move by bringing tail to thorax and forming a ...

— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith

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