butterfly/moth scale
Description:
Lepidopteran scale (i.e. scale from moth or flutterby). Flat, tapered at one end, ridged, sometimes cross-ridged, sometimes coloured. This scale has been dislodged from the wing of a moth or butterfly (Lepidoptera). Commonly found in detrital material from terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Bright field.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Panarthropoda
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Endopterygota (endopterygotes)
- Amphiesmenoptera
- Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
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- David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler and Virginia Edgcomb
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