Hindwings are unnecessary for flight but essential for execution of normal evasive flight in Lepidoptera

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 43, 2008, Pages 16636-16640

  Jantzen, Benjamin ^a   Eisner, Thomas ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Coloration; Defense; Flight maneuverability; Mimicry

Indexed keywords

AGILITY; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT; FLYING; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GYPSY MOTH; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; ESCAPE REACTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LEPIDOPTERA; VIDEO RECORDING; WING;

AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 55949084399     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0807223105     Document Type: Article

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