Entomology: Cde Bank (Test) With Correct Answers

ENTOMOLOGY: CDE BANK (TEST) WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
1. To which body segment are the elytra
mesothorax
attached?
A prothorax
B first abdominal
C metathorax
D mesothorax
excuvium
2. The old shed skin left behind after an insect
molts is known as the .
A ecdysis
B excuvium
C stadium
D sclerite
Central Mexico
3. The eastern population of monarch butterflies
over- winter in .
A Baja California
B Central Mexico
C Florida
D Texas
reproduction and diges-
4. The abdomen of insects is specialized for:
tion
A feeding and locomotion
B reproduction and digestion
C digestion and ingestion
D locomotion and reproduction
water barrier
5. What is the primary function of the wax layer
of the exoskeleton?
A water barrier
B protection
C thermal insulation
D muscle attachment

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, ENTOMOLOGY: CDE BANK (TEST) WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
6. represents the most speciose order of Coleoptera, 400,000
in- sects, with approximately species
A Lepidoptera, 350,000
B Zoraptera, 500,000
C Collembola, 450,000
D Coleoptera, 400,000

7. Firebrats and silverfish are common household Thysanura
pests in the order .
A Thysanura
B Mecoptera
C Odonata
D Hemiptera

8. A tool used to collect insects using your mouth aspirator
or a hand bulb and a small vial is called a/an

.
A sweep net
B aspirator
C berlese funnel
D pitfall trap elbowed

9. A geniculate insect antenna is .
A clubbed
B serrated
C elbowed
D hairy Chrysomelidae,
Coleoptera
10. is a family in the order .
A Chrysomelidae, Collembola
B Tortricidae, Hemiptera
C Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae
D Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera
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