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Bogong Moths Are Well Camouflaged by Effectively Decolourized Wing Scales

Moth wings are densely covered by wing scales that are assumed to specifically function to camouflage nocturnally active species during day time. Generally, moth wing scales are built according to the basic lepidopteran Bauplan, where the upper lamina consists of an array of parallel ridges and the...

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Autores principales: Stavenga, Doekele G., Wallace, Jesse R. A., Warrant, Eric J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7026391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32116798
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00095