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Proboscis Morphology and Its Relationship to Feeding Habits in Noctuid Moths

This study describes proboscis morphology and identifies morphometric differences among five species of noctuid moths with different feeding habits (fruit versus nectar-feeding). Morphological and morphometric parameters were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy. Measurem...

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Autores principales: Zenker, Maurício Moraes, Penz, Carla, de Paris, Michele, Specht, Alexandre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Library 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21539419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.011.0142