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n. pl. [L. calx, lime; sphaera, ball](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)Calcium accumulated in the adipose-bodies of larvae of phytophagous Diptera.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
calcospherites
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