Innate preferences for flower features in the hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 827-836

  Kelber, Almut ^a,b  

^a Lehrstuhl für Biokybernetik   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

colour vision; hawkmoth; innate behaviour; Lepidoptera; Macroglossum stellatarum; pattern vision; Sphingidae; spontaneous choices

Indexed keywords

MACROGLOSSUM STELLATARUM;

EID: 0030934689     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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