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The Underwing Moths Theodore D. Sargent. available to cryptic prey ? The answer to this question seems clearly affirmative , for conservatism of the sort we have ascribed to predators entails a vulnerability to diversity , and cryptic ...
The Underwing Moths Theodore D. Sargent. available to cryptic prey ? The answer to this question seems clearly affirmative , for conservatism of the sort we have ascribed to predators entails a vulnerability to diversity , and cryptic ...
Page 156
... cryptic advantage is the extent of melanism in ostensibly rural areas ( i.e. , where the trees are not devoid of lichens and are not noticeably darkened by soot ) . My study area in central Massachusetts is an example , and here melanic ...
... cryptic advantage is the extent of melanism in ostensibly rural areas ( i.e. , where the trees are not devoid of lichens and are not noticeably darkened by soot ) . My study area in central Massachusetts is an example , and here melanic ...
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... Cryptic moths : effects on background selections of painting the circumocular scales . Science 159 : 100-101 . ยท 1969a . Behavioral adaptations of cryptic moths . II . Experimental studies on bark - like species . J. N. Y. Entomol . Soc ...
... Cryptic moths : effects on background selections of painting the circumocular scales . Science 159 : 100-101 . ยท 1969a . Behavioral adaptations of cryptic moths . II . Experimental studies on bark - like species . J. N. Y. Entomol . Soc ...
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abundance amatrix amica andromedae antinympha apex apostatic selection August bait basal dash beak-damage behavior birds blackish shadings blandula briseis cara Carya Catocala Catocala species cerogama coccinata collectors concumbens connubialis costa crataegi crypsis cryptic dejecta Description Entomol epione female flebilis Florida and west forewing Franklin Franklin Co gracilis gray Grote grynea habilis head-down on tree Hessel Hickories Carya hindwing holotype HW black HW yellow-orange ilia individuals inner black band inner margin July lacrymosa Larval foodplants Lepidoptera Lepidopterist Leverett light-trap males Massachusetts mating melanic melanic form micronympha Moth rests head-down neogama noctuid North Carolina Nova Scotia outer margin palaeogama pheromone phrynia pm line PMNH predators Range rare Reared relicta reniform retecta Robinson trap searching image Season Similar species sordida Southern Canada Ontario Southern New England specimens st lines Status Strecker T. D. Sargent TDS tree trunks ulalume ultronia Underside UNDERWING Plate unijuga usually West Hatfield west throughout area whitish