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PROTHORACIC MUSCULATURE OF THE ADULT MALE SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA

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

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The musculature of the prothorax and the prothoracic coxa of the adult male Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) is described in detail and is compared with three other families of the Lepidoptera.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 5 , May 1970 , pp. 627 - 636
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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