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The 37 pages that link to Insect wing, each with the reason it gives.

• InsectBroader topic: Wing number, structure, and modification help distinguish insect groups.

• Arthropod exoskeletonBroader topic: Wings are cuticular structures whose support and flexibility enable flight.

• Insect flightBroader topic: Its shape, flexibility, and joints determine how it interacts with air.

• ElytronNarrower topic: An elytron is a forewing modified into a protective cover.

• Insect morphologyBroader topic: Wing form and attachment reveal the thorax’s specialized anatomy.

• CuticleBroader topic: Their thin cuticle combines lightness with stiffness for flight.

• ButterflyRelated: Butterfly wings are broad, scale-covered versions of this shared insect structure.

• Pterosaur wingCompared with: Its support comes from the exoskeleton, not an elongated fourth finger.

• DipteraCompared with: Comparing paired insect wings clarifies how flies’ hindwings became halteres.

• Powered flightBroader topic: Its structure differs from vertebrate wings but also produces forces through flapping.

• Bat wingCompared with: Insect wings are not modified vertebrate forelimbs with skin stretched across fingers.

• HexapodaRelated: Wings distinguish many insects from wingless hexapods, although they do not define Hexapoda.

• InsectaBroader topic: Wings are a defining feature of most insect groups, though some lineages lack them.

• OdonataRelated: Odonates have two independently movable pairs that support agile flight.

• OrthopteraNarrower topic: Orthopteran forewings often protect the hindwings and bear sound-producing structures.

• Evolution of insectsBroader topic: Wings opened aerial habitats and new routes to dispersal and escape.

• Arthropod appendagesBroader topic: Wings are specialized appendages whose function transformed insect movement and ecology.

• PatagiumCompared with: Insect wings are exoskeletal structures, unlike patagia formed from body tissue.

• PhasmatodeaRelated: Wings vary across phasmids; many species are wingless, while others can fly.

• CaddisflyRelated: Adult caddisflies have hairy wings held rooflike over the body at rest.

• Insect legCompared with: Wings arise from the thorax too, but are not segmented walking appendages.

• Bird wingCompared with: Insect wings are not modified vertebrate forelimbs and have a different evolutionary origin.

• Insect locomotionRelated: Wings are the principal structures insects use for powered aerial movement.

• NeuropteraRelated: The order's characteristic adult wings are membranous and densely veined.

• Hummingbird hawk-mothRelated: Its rapid wingbeats create the hovering flight associated with the species.

• MeganeuraRelated: Wing shape and vein patterns are central to identifying fossil griffinflies.

• PterygotaRelated: Wings are the defining ancestral feature of the group, even where they were later lost.

• DamselflyRelated: Its venation and separate movement help distinguish damselfly wings from dragonfly wings.

• PlanthopperRelated: Wing shape and markings often contribute to a planthopper's camouflage.

• TettigoniidaeRelated: Katydid wings can support flight, conceal the body, and produce acoustic signals.

• Emperor dragonflyRelated: Its four independently controlled wings enable hovering and rapid changes of direction.

• MecopteraNarrower topic: Mecopteran wings are commonly narrow and membranous, though some species have lost them.

• PsocopteraRelated: Many barklice have membranous wings, while booklice and some barklice are wingless.

• RhaphidophoridaeRelated: Reduced or absent wings help distinguish rhaphidophorids from many other orthopterans.

• PhylliidaeRelated: Wing shape and development vary among leaf insects and can differ between sexes.

• SnakeflyNarrower topic: Snakeflies have two pairs of membranous wings with distinctive venation.

• ZorapteraRelated: Winged zorapterans have a distinctive winged form alongside wingless individuals.