{"title":"Studies on the digestion of wool by insects. I. Microscopy of digestion of wool by clothes moth larvae (Tineola bisselliella Humm).","authors":"M. F. Day","doi":"10.1071/BI9510042","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"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.","PeriodicalId":85978,"journal":{"name":"Australian journal of scientific research. Ser. B: Biological sciences","volume":"4 1 1","pages":"42-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1951-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1071/BI9510042","citationCount":"15","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian journal of scientific research. Ser. B: Biological sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9510042","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 15
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.