| 释义 |
prepupal, a. Ent.|priːˈpjuːpəl|
[pre- B. 1.]
Immediately preceding a larval insect's change into a pupa.
1906J. B. Smith Explanation Terms Entomol. 108 Prepupal: that stage in the larva just preceding the change to pupa. 1925A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. 185 A brief period of quiescence follows which marks the prepupal instar. 1933Jrnl. R. Hort. Soc. LVIII. 233 The excellent photographs..illustrate the adult sawflies..and the larval, prepupal and pupal stages. 1971Borror & DeLong Introd. Study Insects (ed. 3) iv. 69/1 The other changes begin in the prepupal stage of the last larval instar. |