aeropyle
zoology
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respiration
- In Lepidoptera: Egg
…is carried on through an aeropyle, a system of air passages in the shell (chorion) that enables oxygen exchange with the environment to occur whether the egg is dry or wet. In a few species of scavenger moths and pierid butterflies (see white and sulfur butterflies), the larvae hatch in…
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