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Cryptically Patterned Moths Perceive Bark Structure When Choosing Body Orientations That Match Wing Color Pattern to the Bark Pattern

Many moths have wing patterns that resemble bark of trees on which they rest. The wing patterns help moths to become camouflaged and to avoid predation because the moths are able to assume specific body orientations that produce a very good match between the pattern on the bark and the pattern on th...

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Autores principales: Kang, Chang-ku, Moon, Jong-yeol, Lee, Sang-im, Jablonski, Piotr G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24205118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078117