obtect
obtect Applied to the pupae of those endopterygote insects in which the appendages adhere to the body by means of a secretion produced at the last larval moult. Obtect pupae are found in some Coleoptera, many Chalcidoidea, and in all nematoceran Diptera and higher Lepidoptera.
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