Evolutionary functional morphology of the proboscis and feeding apparatus of hawk moths (Sphingidae: Lepidoptera)

The morphology of the proboscis and associated feeding organs was studied in several nectar‐feeding hawk moths, as well as a specialized honey‐feeder and two supposedly nonfeeding species. The proboscis lengths ranged from a few millimeters to more than 200 mm. Despite the variation in proboscis len...

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Autores principales: Reinwald, Caroline, Bauder, Julia A.‐S., Karolyi, Florian, Neulinger, Michael, Jaros, Sarah, Metscher, Brian, Krenn, Harald W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9825987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36059242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21510