Texas Entomology CDE Test Bank 2018-2024 BEST GRADE

Texas
Entomology
CDE Test Bank
2018-2024
BEST GRADE
Insects that pass through the egg, larva, pupa, and
adult stages in their life cycle have
__________________.
A. incomplete metamorphisis
B. no metamorphisis
C. complete metamorphisis
D. gradual metamophisis - ANS-C. complete
metamorphisis
Which stucture protects the midgut from abraison
by food particles and acts as a sieve?
A. pyloric valve
B. paritrophic membrane
C. intima
D. proventriculus - ANS-B. paritrophic membrane
Which of the following describes the jumping legs of
grasshoppers.
A. saltatorial
B. cursorial
C. raptorial
D. natatorial - ANS-A. saltatorial
The hypopharynx seperates the mouth opening or
food canal from the _____________.
A. mandibles
B. cibarium
C. salivarium
D. labrum - ANS-C. salivarium
Which structure is not part of an insect's tracheal
system?
A. spiracle
B. tracheole
C. taenidia
D. sinus - ANS-D. sinus
Approximately ___________ species of the insects
are used as food in many parts of the world.
A. 200
B. 100
C. 500
D. 400 - ANS-C. 500
Widely used pesticides that have been in the
spotlight recently for being toxic to honey bees
include ______________.
A. neonicotinoids
B. diamides
C. neem oil
D. spinosyns - ANS-A. neonicotinoids
In which of the following insects do only the females
suck blood?
A. louse
B. bedbug
C. mosquito
D. flea - ANS-C. mosquito
Approximately how many species of insects have
been described to date?
A. 1 million
B. 5 million
C. 500 thousand
D. 12 million - ANS-A. 1 million
A parsley worm is in the order _______________ and
the adult turns into a ___________.
A. Lepidoptera, cabbage looper
B. Coleoptera, Weevil
C. Lepidoptera, swallowtail
D. Diptera, mosquito - ANS-C. Lepidoptera,
swallowtail
Axillary sclerities form points of attachment for
muscles that control the:
A. wings
B. legs
C. mouthparts
D. antennae - ANS-A. wings
A _________ is the stage of development of an insect
between the immature form and the adult in
holometabolous insects (those insects that go
through complete metamorphisis).
A. pupa
B. third instar
C. subimago
D. larva
E. imago - ANS-A. pupa
Which structures would be found in an eruciform
larva, but not in a scarabaeiform larva?
A. prolegs
B. mandibles
C. spiracles
D. ocelli - ANS-A. prolegs
Which structure is NOT part of the head capsule of
insects?
A. antennae
B. tentorium
C. vertex
D. pronotum - ANS-D. pronotum
A legless, eyeless, vermiform lara that is
approximately 5 mm in length would probably
belong to what insect order?
A. Ephemeroptera
B. Orthoptera
C. Odonata
D. Siphonaptera
E. Blattodea - ANS-D. Siphonaptera
In cicadas and other sucking insects, movement of
liquid to the mouth results from the action of a
_________.
A. corneal pump
B. corneagen cell
C. cibarial pump
D. cuticle - ANS-C. cibiarial pump
In centipedes, the "fangs" are what type of structure?
A. mandibles
B. modified legs
C. maxilla
D. modified mouthparts - ANS-B. modified legs
A _________ is the immature, aquatic stage of a
dobsonfly.
A. hellbender
B. ant lion
C. hellgrammite
D. grub - ANS-C. hellgrammite
If an insect's subesophageal ganglion were
paralyzed, it would be unable to ___________.
A. eat
B. fly
C. walk
D. see - ANS-A. eat