Pupa obtecta (English spelling) Pupa obtecta

…The coarctata of the higher Diptera cyclorha (flies) is also included. The obtecta refers to the pupae of Lepidoptera, Diptera mosquitoes, crane flies, and horseflies, whose antennae, legs, and wings are attached to the body surface by a sticky substance secreted during molting. Among Lepidoptera, those that use silk threads to band the pupa and support the body are called contigua (swallowtail, pieridae, and Lycaenidae), and those that hang the pupa from a hook-like projection at the end of the tail are called suspensa (nymphalidae, satyridae, and Zygaenidae). …

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…高等双翅目の環縫類(ハエ)の囲蛹pupa coarctataもこれに入る。被蛹pupa obtectaは鱗翅目，双翅目糸角類(カ，ガガンボ)や短角類(アブ)などのさなぎをさし，触角，脚，羽などは脱皮時に分泌される粘着性の物質により体表にはりついている。鱗翅目のうち，絹糸で蛹体に帯をかけ，これで体を支持するものを帯蛹pupa contigua(アゲハチョウ，シロチョウ，シジミチョウ科)，尾端の鉤状（かぎじよう）突起で蛹体を垂下するものを垂蛹pupa suspensa(タテハチョウ，ジャノメチョウ，マダラチョウ科など)とよぶ。…

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