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Larviform female is a biological phenomenon occurring in some insect species, where the females in the adult stage of metamorphosis resemble the larvae...

is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common...

probably do not feed. Females are much larger than the males and are completely larviform. Males may be luminescent, but females and larvae have a series...

Many species have non-flying larviform females. These can often be distinguished from the larvae only because the adult females have compound eyes, unlike...

A railroad worm is a larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix in the family Phengodidae, characterized by the possession of...

fruit fly resembles an early procentriole. Ageing Cuteness Kawaii Larviform female Moe (slang) Neotenin "neoteny". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online)...

1914 Florissant Formation, Eocene A lycid from India A lycid larva or larviform female Mating Porrostoma rhipidium Calopteron reticulatum Lycus rostratus...

There are many species of wingless moths. Often only the females are wingless (larviform females). Luffia lapidella Operophtera fagata, the northern winter...

obsolete junior synonym. The females retain a larval form as adults (larviform females) and are about 40–80 mm in length. The females and larvae have a flattened...

the type species. They produce a continuous glow; the larvae and larviform females are among those organisms commonly called "glowworms". This genus...

teardrop. Flat-lobed lanterns are visible on the male's abdomen. The larviform female resembles a colorful pink and yellow grub with no wings and very small...

remove.[citation needed] Body markings are rare. Adult females of many bagworm species are larviform, with only vestigial wings, legs, and mouthparts. In...

Lampyridae. It is found in central and eastern United States. The larviform females of the species are bioluminescent, whereas the males are winged but...

of sexual dimorphism in insects. The females of this beetle look like a caterpillar – so called larviform females – completely lacking wings and other...

though males of Phausis reticulata emit a faint, constant glow. Female Phausis are larviform and flightless, but bioluminescent, even if males of the same...

one, females emit light from their abdomens to attract males; in the other, flying males emit signals to which the sometimes sedentary females respond...

antenna morphology, and are totally non-luminous. Adult females are larger (~25-35 mm), fully larviform and flightless, and cream to light golden brown in...

concealing them when the beetle is at rest. Adult females of T. contractus are notable for being larviform, meaning they retain a larval morphology even into...

Phengodes lacticollis, the females are larger than the males and the females are in larviform. The males are luminescent, the females and the larvae, however...

reproduction, which are separated by a pupal phase. Although the female is larviform, she also undergoes metamorphosis from a true larva to a sexually...