| The larva is apodous and feeds on the flower head, fruits, seeds, stem or roots. |
| Firstly, all apodous squamates have ribs starting on or before the fourth vertebra. |
| The larvae are eruciform and apodous meaning they look like a caterpillar with no legs. |
| Should the two insects, however, hereafter prove to be equally apodous in the second stage, the character will become generically important. |
