Question 70

(Multiple Choice)

Use the following information to answer the next few questions.
Your niece is playing in the backyard and finds a beautiful moth.Being interested in insects,you perform research to find out what kind of moth it is.You determine that it is a luna moth (Actias luna).Similar to other moths,the luna moth moults several times throughout development and ultimately metamorphoses into a mouthless adult.The adult will live for approximately one week with the sole purpose of mating.
-The hormone responsible for inducing moulting in the developing moth is


A)ecdysteroid.
B)thyroid hormone.
C)juvenile hormone.
D)oxytocin.
E)thyroxine

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