Morphological regional differences of epithelial cells along the midgut in Diatraea saccharalis Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) larvae

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-419

  Pinheiro, Daniela O ^a   Quagio Grassiotto, Irani ^a   Gregório, Elisa A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Light microscopy; Morphology; Scanning electron microscopy; Sugarcane borer

Indexed keywords

CRAMBIDAE; DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 52649092941     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2008000400009     Document Type: Article

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