CRITICAL WEIGHTS FOR METAMORPHOSIS IN THE TOBACCO HORNWORM, MANDUCA SEXTA
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- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 167 (3) , 555-567
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1541409
Abstract
Fifth-instar larvae of the tobacco hornworm underwent a supernumerary larval molt under several feeding regimens. Supernumerary molting occurred only when the m...This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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