(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)
by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds
LEPIDOPTERA PUPAE (examples, not to scale)
Larva : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : LepidopteraPupa/Puparium : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : Lepidoptera Diptera : Anterior spiracles : Posterior spiracles : Cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton
The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths.
Cedestis_gysseleniella lateral [Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Cedestis_gysseleniella ventral [Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae] Images: Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Coptotriche angusticollella dorsal [Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Coptotriche marginea dorsal [Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Ocnerostoma friesei lateral [Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Phyllocnistis unipunctella lateral [Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Phyllocnistis xenia ventral [Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladineerders van Europa)
Phyllonorycter acerifoliella lateral [Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae] Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)