Name the hormone which brings about metamorphosis in silk moth and changes caterpillar (larva) into adult silk moth.

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Insect hormone

Metamorphosis refers to the transformation of a larva into an adult animal.

It occurs in amphibians and insects (silk moth, butterfly, housefly).

Insect hormones regulate the metamorphosis process in insects like the silk moth.

This hormone is formed in the endocrine glands.

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