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- larva (plural: larvae)
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The caterpillar; the long, worm-like stage of the butterfly or moth. It often has an interesting pattern of stripes or patches, and it may have spine-like hairs. It is the feeding and growth stage. As it grows, it sheds its skin four or more times so as to enclose its rapidly growing body.
- Lepidoptera
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Derived from the Latin "lepido"= scale + "ptera" = wing, and it is the Order that contains all butterflies and moths.
- life history
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The taxonomic, biological and ecological studies of a species.
