Comstock-Needham system

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anatomy of lepidopterans

  • Longwing
    In Lepidoptera: Thorax

    …designated according to the modified Comstock-Needham system. The names of the veins (with their symbols in parentheses) and the usual number of branches of each (subscript designations) are as follows, in progression from the costal margin of the wing to the anal margin:

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