Inchworm

Japanese: inchworm
Inchworm

…Among the Lepidoptera, the family with the second largest number of species after the Noctuidae, there are nearly 800 known species in Japan alone, including the mulberry geometrie (illustration), mugwort geometrie, dragonfly geometrie (illustration), and yellow spotted geometrie (illustration), and tens of thousands of species have been registered worldwide. The larvae are called inchworms (measuring worms). In general, Lepidoptera larvae (caterpillars, hairy caterpillars) have five pairs of abdominal legs, but the Geometridae have only the sixth and tenth abdominal legs (tail legs), and therefore walk in a unique way. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "inchworm" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…鱗翅目の中では,ヤガ科に次いで種数の多い科で,日本だけでもクワエダシャク(イラスト),ヨモギエダシャク,トンボエダシャク(イラスト),ユウマダラエダシャク(イラスト)など800近くの既知種があり,世界では何万種も登録されている。幼虫はシャクトリムシ(英名inchworm∥measuring worm)と呼ばれる。一般に鱗翅目の幼虫(芋虫,毛虫)は,5対の腹脚をもつが,シャクガ科では第6と第10腹脚(尾脚)しかないため,特異な歩き方をする。…

※「inchworm」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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