On the function of signa, a genital trait of female Lepidoptera

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 786-793

  Galicia, Ivette ^a,b   Sánchez, Víctor ^a   Cordero, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Callophrys; Eueides; Heliconius; Sexual coevolution; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COEVOLUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SPERMATOPHORE;

CALLOPHRYS; CALLOPHRYS XAMI; EUEIDES; EUEIDES ISABELLA; EUEIDES LINEATA; HELICONIUS; HELICONIUS ISMENIUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 49149118949     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[786:OTFOSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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