Trichromatic colour vision in the hummingbird hawkmoth, Macroglossum stellatarum L.

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 535-541

  Kelber, A ^a,b   Henique, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Insects; Lepidoptera; Macroglossum stellatarum; Red receptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032991132     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050353     Document Type: Article

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