Effects of Juvenile Hormone and Head Ligations on the Succession of Cryptic Larval Color Patterns in Cerura vinula (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)

Entomologia Generalis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-142

  Bückmann, Detlef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerura vinula linnaeus 1758; Corpora allata; Ecdysone peak; Juvenile hormone; Larval color pattern; Melanin inhibition; Melanization; Ommochrome formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742520072     PISSN: 01718177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/entom.gen/20/1996/133     Document Type: Article

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