Question

The type of mouth parts present in cockroach are

• A. piercing and sucking type
• B. sponging type
• C. siphoning type
• D. biting and chewing type

Answer 1

The correct option is D biting and chewing type

Mouth parts of cockroach

Cockroaches have biting and chewing type of mouthparts that help in biting and chewing of food. The mouth parts include labrum, labium, mandibles, maxilla and hypopharynx.

Housefly has sponging type of mouth parts that help in sucking up liquid or semi liquid food.

Siphoning types of mouth parts are found in butterflies that help in drawing nectar from the flowers.

Piercing and sucking types of mouthparts are found in mosquitoes that help in sucking the blood.