Ultrastructural and quantitative studies of hemocytes in the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 287-294

  Falleiros, Ângela Maria Ferreira ^a   Bombonato, Maria Terezinha Siqueira ^b   Gregório, Elisa Aparecida ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Differential Hemocyte Count; Hemocytes; Insect; Lepidoptera; Morphometry; Ultrastructural Morphology

Indexed keywords

DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; DISCOIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; SPHERULES;

EID: 17844390888     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132003000200021     Document Type: Article

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