The Anthocoridae are nearly related to the Cimicidae, but the wings are usually well developed and the forewing possesses cuneus and embolium as well as corium and clavus.
The name was first used by Linnaeus (1735), who derived it from the half-coriaceous and half-membranous condition of the forewing in many members of the order.
The forewing has only three or four radial nervures (fig.
In this group may be included a number of families of moths with the second median nervure of the forewing arising close to the third.
The forewing has the full number of radial nervures, distinct and evenly spaced, and two anal nervures; the frenulum is usually absent.
In the Pieridae there are two anal nervures in the hindwing, while the second anal nervure in the forewing runs into the first; the larva is cylindrical and hairy without an osmaterium.
Note that the forewing has five branches (1-5) of the radial nervure, the hindwing one only.
Two or more of the radial nervures in the forewing arise from a common stalk or are suppressed.
A form was bred by Deschange from Zatima in which even the field in the forewing is obliterated.
The forewing usually is gray in the middle portion and darker at the base and tip.
The forewing is sometimes marked with blackish dots.
The pale blue forewing patch is the best field mark, as drakes are usually in eclipse until January or longer.
The white belly and forewing are very showy in the air.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forewing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
