Practice mode Entomology

What are the external grooves that divide the insect body wall into areas called?

Correct answer C. Sutures

Explanation

Sutures are lines or grooves on the exoskeleton marking where plates have fused or where the cuticle is folded inwards, and they separate the body wall into distinct sclerites.

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