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(entomology) One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect..
Lower discocellular of hind wing not or very slightly longer, often much shorter than the middle discocellular, always straight, not angled; middle discocellular long, oblique and usually angled near its upper end.
In this form the cell is said to be closed; however, if one or more of the discocellulars are absent, it is said to be open. The basal sections of the median vein have been lost in adult butterflies, [...]
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Discocellular means (entomology) One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect..
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Lower discocellular of hind wing not or very slightly longer, often much shorter than the middle discocellular, always straight, not angled; middle discocellular long, oblique and usually angled near its upper end.
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