vitta

plural vittae

1. A fillet, or garland for the head.
2. biologyA longitudinal stripe.

   The curved black line behind the scutel is usually expanded, in connection with the metathoracic black vitta, into a broad black triangle, the apex of which does not quite attain the abdominal peduncle.

   1870, American Entomologist and Botanist, volume 2, page 301

3. biologyAn oil tube in the fruit of some plants.