Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) have been avoiding leaf veins during oviposition for at least 52 million years

Summary: Plant-insect interactions can provide extremely valuable information for reconstructing the oviposition behavior. We have studied about 1350 endophytic egg traces of coenagrionid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the Eocene, identifying triangular or drop-shaped scars associated with th...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Romero-Lebrón, Marcos Fernández-Monescillo, Natalia Matushkina, Xavier Delclòs, Raquel M. Gleiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223009422