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1. What insects are included in the order Pthiraptera?

2. An insect's scientific name usually consists of two words, its ___ and ___? (19 SE)

3. What was a major cotton pest that was successfully eradicated in the U.S.?

4. Which of the following is not true when discussing the European Corn Borer Moth? (19 SE)

5. This insect can usually be found around lights during the night. Many are scavengers, adapted for living in or in the ground. Larvae are usually large white grubs found in the ground. (19 SE)

6. A caterpillar does not have _________.

7. These common insects are a pest of restaurants. They leave a sticky, ordorous fluid on food or other materials. (19 SE)

8. An insect's head is specialized for _____________________.

9. The abdomen of insects is specialized for:

10. The butterfly pupa is known as a ____________.

11. The larva of the Dobson fly is called what? (19 SE)

12. The prime cause of insect extinctions, at least of local populations if not species, is ___.

13. The word ³coleoptera´is derived from two Greek words, coleo coming from the word koleos, meaning ____, and ptera coming from the word pteron, meaning ____.

14. The father of modern taxonomy who created the binomial system of nomenclature was ________.

15. Blister beetles: (19 SE)

16. What percentage of flowering plants on Earth require insect pollination?

17. Corn Earworm Moths are a great example of this type of metamorphosis? (19 SE)

18. What are two distinguishing features of the subphylum Hexapoda that separates them from other classes of arthropods?

19. The fireflies belong to which insect order?

20. Malaria was eradicated in the U.S. in the mid 20th century in part because of the widespread use of_________.

21. When an insect has a vestigial mouthpart, that insect _______.

22. Predaceous diving beetles belong to what insect order?

23. Approximately how many species of insects have been described to date?

24. ____ is the first principle in pest management. (19 SE)

25. The insect with one of the longest known migrations and that was petitioned in 2016 to be listed for threatened or endangered status per the U.S. Endangered Species Act is the ________________.

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