Attachment 2 Descriptions of Types and Characteristics of Different Insect Wings
TYPE / CHARACTERISTIC
Tegmina
Entomology
DESCRIPTION
Forewing is leathery or like parchment in texture
Membranous
Clear wings with many veins, with or without color or patterns
Hemelytra
Front wing that is leathery at the base and membranous near the tip, hemelytra covers a membranous wing
INSECTS THAT HAVE THIS TYPE
Roaches, preying mantids, and grasshoppers Orthoptera, Mantodea, Blattodea Dragonflies, mayflies, termites and lacewings Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Neuroptera, and Isoptera (when present)
True Bugs Hemiptera (Heteroptera)
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