Cuticular modified air sacs underlie white coloration in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae

Manuela Rebora et al. use electron and fluorescence microscopy together with reflectance spectra to examine structural white patches present in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae. Their results suggest that white coloring is a result of transparent cuticle and modified air sacs within these patch...

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Main Authors: Manuela Rebora, Gianandrea Salerno, Silvana Piersanti, Alexander Kovalev, Stanislav Gorb
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ed0259a62b88430f876224fc5d75b185
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