A study of the fine structure and the function of the ocellus of the adult cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni, Hübner) (lepidoptera: noctuidae)
The structure of the cabbage looper ocellus was examined by light and electron microscopy. Rhabdoms were found in the distal region of the retinula cells. These were formed by the apposition of microvillar borders of adjacent cells, thus, an interrupted network of rhabdoms was found to exist in cros...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42933 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06082010-020231/ |