Chorion morphology of the Eri-silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini (Donovan) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 427-434

  Kawaguchi, Yutaka ^b   Ichida, Masatoshi ^a   Kusakabe, Takahiro ^b   Koga, Katsumi ^b  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Micropyle; Polygonal units; Samia cynthia ricini; Sperm ducts; Wild silkmoth

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; CYNTHIA; LEPIDOPTERA; SAMIA; SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 0034311040     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.427     Document Type: Article

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