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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Studies on the Digestion of Wool by Insects I. Microscopy of Digestion of Wool by Clothes Moth Larvae (Tineola Bisselliella Humm.)

MF Day

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 4(1) 42 - 48
Published: 1951

Abstract

The larvae of Tineola bisseUiella digest wool fibres. The scales, resistant to most enzymes, are, except for the epicuticle, as readily digested as are the cortical cells.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9510042

© CSIRO 1951

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