(n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.
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Lepidopterous
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(a.) Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.
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(1) In contrast, hemolymph of identically treated lepidopterous larvae (Manduca, Helioverpa [= Heliothis]) contained degradation products but no intact toxin.
(2) Mild cases of lepidopterism will resolve spontaneously; systemic corticosteroids may aid in the treatment of more serious cases.
(3) Insect species examined were lepidopterous larvae of the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni), southern armyworm (Spodoptera eridania), and black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes).
(4) More emphasis in research was given to some lepidopterous cotton pests and few other species.
(5) Lepidopterism is the term used to describe the aggregate adverse medical effects resulting from contact with adult or larval forms of butterflies and moths.
(6) Five of six Baculovirus species studied induce cytoplasmic and nuclear fibrous sheets, observed by electron microscopy, within infected cells of lepidopterous.
(7) Although Hylesia moths do not occur in the United States, primary care physicians and dermatologists, especially those located in port cities, should be aware of cutaneous lepidopterism caused by Hylesia moths.
(8) Urticating moths (genus Hylesia and Anaphae) protect their eggs and young caterpillars with urticating hairs, thus it is very ambiguous to label erucism as the contact dermatitis produced by caterpillar production or Lepidopterism as the contact dermatitis caused by moth urticating hairs.
(9) Spores of Bacillus thuringiensis contain a toxin active against lepidopterous larvae.
(10) These compounds are the largest pheromones isolated thus far from a lepidopterous species.
(11) A scanning electron microscope study has enabled an explanation as to why the brown-tail moth provokes Lepidopterism.
(12) C. eustrigata is not the only adult lepidopterous parasite of mammals.
(13) Comparative studies were performed on the role of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) in juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthesis using several lepidopterous and nonlepidopterous insects.
(14) The larval fat body is therefore the main site of calmodulin activity in this lepidopterous larva.
(15) Imago of Tenebrio, Dermestes (Coleoptera) and Lepidopterous caterpillars Pieris and Galleria were observed for the general physiology of the cryptonephric Malpighian tubules.
(16) To determine the possibility of plasmid transfer occurring between strains of Bacillus thuringiensis in infected lepidopterous larvae, Galleria mellonella and Spodoptera littoralis were infected with two or more strains of B. thuringiensis and the resulting bacteria from the dead insects were examined for plasmid transfer.
(17) Histamine, histamine-releasing substances, kinin activators, and other as yet undefined proteins are responsible for cutaneous, cardiovascular, neurologic, and constitutional signs and symptoms of lepidopterism.
(18) The brown-tail moth only provokes Lepidopterism via a transmission of the urticating hairs of its caterpillar.