midstripes

Noun

midstripe (plural midstripes)

1. A stripe-like marking that runs down the center of a living thing, such as a flower petal or an insect's body.
   • the flight is sometimes more than 4" broad, the body is 2" long; upper-wings brown with white at the point and the posterior margin, hind-wings rose red with grey brown margin, and three black transverse stripes; abdomen red above with a brown mid-stripe and black rings.1856, J. VAN DER HOEVEN, translated by REV. WILLIAM CLARK, HANDBOOK OF ZOOLOGY, volume 1, page 406