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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
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description 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. Measurements included: galea height in ten sites from base to tip, total proboscis length, and length of the distal region that contains large sensilla styloconica and / or tearing hooks and erectible barbs. Both morphometric and morphological differences were identified among species within and between feeding guilds, and these results are discussed in light of the feeding habits of each species.
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spelling pubmed-32814792012-02-24 Proboscis Morphology and Its Relationship to Feeding Habits in Noctuid Moths Zenker, Maurício Moraes Penz, Carla de Paris, Michele Specht, Alexandre J Insect Sci Article 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. Measurements included: galea height in ten sites from base to tip, total proboscis length, and length of the distal region that contains large sensilla styloconica and / or tearing hooks and erectible barbs. Both morphometric and morphological differences were identified among species within and between feeding guilds, and these results are discussed in light of the feeding habits of each species. University of Wisconsin Library 2011-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3281479/ /pubmed/21539419 http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.011.0142 Text en © 2011 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Proboscis Morphology and Its Relationship to Feeding Habits in Noctuid Moths
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21539419
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