External morphology of abdominal setae from male and female Hylesia metabus adults (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) and their function

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-36

  Rodriguez, Jessicca ^a   Hernández, Jose Vicente ^b   Fornés, Lizette ^b   Lundberg, Ulf ^c   Piñango, Carmen Luisa Arocha ^c   Osborn, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Ants; Egg protection; Urticating moth

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EGG; MATERNAL CARE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FORMICIDAE; HYLESIA; HYLESIA METABUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PHEIDOLE; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 18444394351     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0030:EMOASF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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