Use the Following Information to Answer the Next Few Questions

question 66

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the next few questions.
Your niece is playing in the backyard and finds a beautiful moth. Being interested in insects, you perform research to find out what kind of moth it is. You determine that it is a luna moth (Actias luna) . Similar to other moths, the luna moth moults several times throughout development and ultimately metamorphoses into a mouthless adult. The adult will live for approximately one week with the sole purpose of mating.
-The hormone responsible for inducing moulting in the developing moth is

• A)ecdysteroid.
• B)thyroid hormone.
• C)juvenile hormone.
• D)oxytocin.
• E)thyroxine