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MORPHOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM OF THE FEMALE SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

I. Outram
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The morphology and histology of the internal reproductive system of the female spruce budworm moth, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens), is described and discussed, with notes on the spermatophore and egg development.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1971 , pp. 32 - 43
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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