Deletion resulting from the imprecise excision of P{GawB}hdc19 that removes hdc sequence spanning from 1014bp upstream through to 971bp downstream of the hdc ATG start codon.
hdcΔ84 homozygotes exhibit precocious differentiation of lamellocytes (within circulating hemocytes and in lymph gland) and a significant reduction in the ratio of plasmatocytes (within circulating hemocytes) while they do not exhibit any changes in the size of the lymph gland or the posterior signaling center when compared to control larvae.