Rasping and sucking type of mouthpart present in___________

🔑 Key Points
🦋 Rasping and sucking:
→ Example: Thrips
→ The mouth cone consists of the labrum, labium, and maxillae.
→ There are 3 styles derived from two maxillae and the left mandible.
→ The right mandible is absent.
→ Styles are useful to lacerate the plant tissue, and the oozing sap is sucked up by the mouth cone.
→ Both maxillary palpi and labial palpi are present.

📌 Important Points
→ None available.

📝 Additional Information:
→ Types of Mouthparts in Insects
→ Piercing and Sucking
→ Present in: Mosquito
→ Rasping and Sucking
→ Present in: Thrips
→ Sponging
→ Present in: Housefly
→ Siphoning
→ Present in: Butterfly
→ Biting
→ Present in: Grasshopper