triungulin larva

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 258 words | Copyright

triungulin larva In some parasitic insects, an active first larval instar that hatches in the soil but that has three claws at the end of each of its legs, enabling it to climb a plant where it awaits its insect host. Some Meloidae produce triungulin larvae.

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