The eruciform larvae bear 2 pairs of prolegs on the fifth and sixth abdominal segments apart from 3 pairs of thoracic legs. |
For reasons which we will not pause here to discuss, we have always regarded the eruciform type of larva as the highest. |
In all the remaining orders of the Endopterygota the larva is eruciform or vermiform. |
The larvae are eruciform and apodous meaning they look like a caterpillar with no legs. |
Both lepidopteran and symphytan larvae have eruciform body shapes. |
Most significant is the precedence of the eruciform by the campodeiform type. |