Simplified scheme of paradoxical and usual molts in scale insects. 1, 2, 3, 4 – molts from one instar to another.

 
 
  Part of: Gavrilov-Zimin IA (2021) Aberrant ontogeneses and life cycles in Paraneoptera. Comparative Cytogenetics 15(3): 253-277. https://doi.org/10.3897/compcytogen.v15.i3.70362