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imagoImago (ger.)

  • The adult sexually mature stage in the life cycle of an insect after metamorphosis. (Oxford Dict. of Biology 2008) 
    metamorphosis
    1767
    Imago revelata, declarata, perfecta generans, agilis, antennis instructa.
    Linné, C. von (1767). Systema naturae, 13th ed., 2 vols.: II, 535.
    1767
    Sphinx ocellata […:]
    Larva viridis lineis albis.
    Imago elinguis. Thorace macula ferruginea.
    Linné, C. von (1767). Systema naturae, 13th ed., 2 vols.: II, 797.
    1778
    the egg of the insect […] will next become a pupa, and then lastly change into the imago, or perfect state, in which the insect appears in its proper size, shape, and colours
    W.B. (1778). [letter to the editor]. The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle 48, 469.
    1789
    Imago
    Villers, C. de et al. (ed.) (1789). Caroli Linnæi entomologia, faunae suecicae descriptionibus, vol. 1: 3.