part of eye larval compound eye A light-perceptive organ consisting of an aggregation of optic elements (ommatidia) generally located on each side of the head. Apparently rarely functional in endopterygotous larvae. In mosquito larvae, apparently present in a developing state during all instars; becoming prominently pigmented and perhaps functional in older larvae. Fig 33,35,37,38 Abbr: CE in ISBN:0-937548-00-6. Hauptauge Komplexauge TGMA:0000730 TGMA:0000730 adult eye anlagen of the adult eye default_namespace eye eye spot imaginal eye larval eye lateral eye oeil oeil imaginal primordia of imaginal eye primordia of the compound eye of the imago primordial ommatidia of the adult ocular lobe compound organ component