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Butterfly and Moth Wings

Functional Morphology of the Wings with Scales

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Entomology Monographs

Paru le : 2025-01-02



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Description

This book explores the various functions of butterfly and moth wings. Lepidoptera wings are covered with variously colored scales and exhibit a wide variety of color patterns, with some functioning as significant signals in behavior. They are also the flight organs, as the wings of the other insects are. Although research on Lepidopteran wings has predominantly focused on the color patterns and flight performance, they have many other functions that contribute to their lives.
Chapters in this book examine airflow regulation, behavioral signal sending, friction reduction, sensory signal reception, pheromone secretion, antireflection, and high hydrophobicity. Utilizing the perspectives from biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics, the author explores the functions, structures, construction, and development of these functional wings. Since many of the wing functions are attributed to or assisted by the scale functions, an understanding of the scale functions is necessary to understand the wing functions. The book includes chapters on the marginal scale morphology and function of the small moth wing, as well as the development of the wing with scales. Programmed cell death, which plays a crucial role in the development of the functional wing, is also described.
The extensive descriptions offer new insights into Lepidoptera wings and may inspire ingenious devices from a physics and engineering perspective. In particular, the physiological approach to the wing mechanoreception in this book is the first for butterfly and moth wings to thoroughly investigate their intricate mechanisms.
With numerous figures to aid the understanding of readers, the book will appeal to researchers and graduate students interested in entomology, biomimetics and physics.
Pages
196 pages
Collection
Entomology Monographs
Parution
2025-01-02
Marque
Springer
EAN papier
9789819797103
EAN PDF
9789819797110
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1
Nombre pages imprimables
19
Taille du fichier
25764 Ko
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137,14 €
EAN EPUB
9789819797110
Informations sur l'ebook
Nombre pages copiables
1
Nombre pages imprimables
19
Taille du fichier
27873 Ko
Ce livre est accessible aux handicaps Voir les informations sur l'accessibilité
Prix
137,14 €

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