Definition of Instars

1. Noun. (plural of instar) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Instars

1. instar [v] - See also: instar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Instars

instantiates
instantiating
instantiation
instantiations
instantlie
instantly
instantness
instantnesses
instanton
instantonic
instantons
instants
instarred
instarring
instars (current term)
instate
instated
instates
instating
instaunce
instaunt
instauntly
instauration
instaurations
instaurator
instaurators
instead
instead of
insteep

Literary usage of Instars

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"instars.—The term instar is applied to the form of an insect during a stadium; in numbering the instars, the form assumed by the insect between hatching and ..."

2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"160)] instars; the other relates to the spinning done by the larva previous to pupation, and, in spite of the fact that the observations on the latter point ..."

3. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner subsp. tenebrionis (M-One) caused 85% mortality of early instars at lh after application, and < 5% at 48 h. ..."

4. Bulletin by Maine Agricultural Experiment Station (1920)
"Color description of the instars. In the first instar the head, legs, ... In the second and third instars the tubercles are uncol- ored except the dorsal ..."

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