Scutellum

(sku-tel' -urn). I. Scutulum; the characteristic " plate " of Tinea favosa. It shows a typical central depre ion with raised edges (cupped), is usually marked with concentric lines, and may be as large as a split pea. It is whitish or pale-yellow in the center, vivid yellow at the periphery. 2. In biology: materials and convey the nutriment to the embryo; (b) one of the sclerites composing the tergum of an insect; one of the plates of the tarsus of certain birds.