Insect Orders
Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies
Glossay
Glossary
Abdomen: The posterior part of the three main body divisions of an insect.
Anterior: Towards the head.
Beak: The mouthpart of a piercing-sucking insect. (Figure a.)
Cerci: A pair of appendages at the posterior end of the abdomen. (Figure b.)
Coxal Plates: Flattened structures that extend beyond the coxa (first leg segment) of the beetle (Figure c.)
Detritus: Organic material in various stages of decomposition.
Dorsal: Towards the top and back.
Elytra: Thickened fore wings. (Figure d.)
Emergent Vegetation: Vegetation that lives in the water but has parts that grow above the surface of the water.
Epiproct: An appendage above the anus on the dorsal part of the eleventh abdominal segment (that segment is very small) (Figure e.)
Eutrification: The process in which oxygen is removed from the water by the decomposition of large amounts of organic matter.
Filaments: A slender threadlike structure. (Figure f.)
Head: The anterior part of the three main body divisions of an insect.
Hemelytron: The fore wing of Hemiptera. (Figure g.)
Labium: The lower lip of the mouth part structures. (Figures h. and i. showing an example of a dragonfly nymph's labium which can extend outwards.)
Larva: The second stage of development between egg and pupae of insects that undergo complete metamorphosis.
Nymph: The second stage of development between egg and adult of insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis.
Palpal Lobes: A pair of appendages located at the anterior end of the prementum (lower lip) of Odonata. They are armed with hooks, spines, teeth, and raptorial (grasping) setae. (Figure j.)
Palpi: A pair of appendages that border the proboscis on Culicidae. (Figure k.: the papli on Anopholes sp. are as long as the proboscis)
Paraprocts: A pair of appendages bordering the anus. (Figure l.)
Posterior: Towards the rear.
Prementum: The distal or fore part of the labium. (Figure h.)
Proboscis: Elongated mouthparts.
Prolegs: Fleshy abdominal legs. (Figure m.)
Raptorial: Able to grasp prey.
Submergent Vegetation: Vegetation that grows entirely beneath the surface of the water.
Tarsi: The last section of the leg, divided into several segments. (Figure n.)
Thorax: The middle part of the three main body divisions of an insect.
Tibia: The fourth leg section, between the femur and the tarsi. (figure o.)
Ventral: Towards the belly or underside.
Voracious: Eating with greediness, ravenous
Wing Pads: The undeveloped wings found on a nymph. (Figure p.)
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