Various forms of dorsal lobes of cylindrotomine larvae (IMAGE)

Ehime University

Various forms of dorsal lobes of cylindrotomine larvae

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Lengths and forms of dorsal lobes are particularly diverse among species depending upon the species' habitats. The dorsal lobes tend to be more complicated in moss-feeding species (B-D) than in herb-feeders, making their mimesis more successful among patches of mosses with delicate leaves. Aquatic moss-feeders have fine and the longest lobes. Terrestrial herb-feeder: (A) Cylindrotoma japonica ; terrestrial moss-feeder: (B) Diogma glabrata; (C) Liogma mikado; (D) Triogma kuwanai; aquatic moss-feeder: (E) Phalacrocera replicata.

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Yume Imada, Ehime University

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