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MORPHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON THE TARSAL RECEPTORS OF THE SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. K. Mitchell  and
W. D. Seabrook
B. K. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
W. D. Seabrook
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
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Abstract

Two types of sensory hairs on the tarsus of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), are described using scanning electron microscopical and histological techniques.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 12 , December 1972 , pp. 1931 - 1935
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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