Postembryonic development of the wing imaginal discs in the female wingless bagworm moth Eumeta variegata (Lepidoptera, Psychidae) - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

. 2003 Aug;257(2):164-70.

doi: 10.1002/jmor.10116.

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Comparative Study

Postembryonic development of the wing imaginal discs in the female wingless bagworm moth Eumeta variegata (Lepidoptera, Psychidae)

Shuhei Niitsu. J Morphol. 2003 Aug.

Abstract

The process of wing disc development and degeneration in the bagworm moth Eumeta variegata was investigated histologically. Morphological differences between two sexes first appear in the penultimate (eighth) larval instar. In the male, wing discs proliferate rapidly in the penultimate larval instar and continue proliferating; a conspicuous peripodial epithelium forms in the last (ninth) larval instar. The hemopoietic organs break down in this stage and disappear completely by the prepupal stage. In the female, in contrast, the wing discs remain as in the previous (seventh) instar, without proliferation of cells inside. No peripodial epithelium forms in the penultimate instar or later. Hemopoietic organs are still attached to the wing discs in the last larval instar and the entire wing discs transform into a plain, thick epidermis in the prepupal period. It is suggested that the hemopoietic organs may prevent the wing discs from developing in E. variegata.

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