LARVAL MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION AND ITS RELATION TO HOST PLANTS IN SYNCIRSODES PRIMATA (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE)

dc.creator	Bocaz,Patricia
dc.creator	Parra,Luis E.
dc.creator	Victoriano,Pedro F.
dc.date	2003-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2019-04-24T21:23:07Z
dc.date.available	2019-04-24T21:23:07Z
dc.identifier	https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382003000100006
dc.identifier.uri	http://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/56670
dc.description	Morphological variations in larvae of Syncirsodes primata (Walker 1862) from different hosts were studied. Three different morphs, varying in the number of dorsal tubercles and color, were detected. It appears that these variations depend upon the species of host plant on which the larvae inhabit. The results suggest that the selection of host plants may determine the color, indicating phenotypic plasticity. However, constancy in tubercle number, independent of a change of host plant, suggests genetic differences among morphs
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dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción
dc.relation	10.4067/S0717-65382003000100006
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source	Gayana (Concepción) v.67 n.1 2003
dc.subject	Morphological variation
dc.subject	phenotypic plasticity
dc.subject	Syncirsodes primata
dc.subject	Geometridae
dc.subject	Lepidoptera
dc.title	LARVAL MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION AND ITS RELATION TO HOST PLANTS IN SYNCIRSODES PRIMATA (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE)