Environmental and hormonal control of body-color polyphenism in Patanga japonica (Orthoptera, Acrididae): Effects of substrate color, crowding, temperature and [His7]-corazonin injection

Patanga japonica (Bolívar) shows various body colors in the field. Most nymphs are green in the summer, but some develop non-green colors, such as yellow, white, brown, reddish, and black, in the fall. Nymphs individually reared in white, yellow-green, and black containers showed green, light-green,...

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Main Authors: Seiji Tanaka, Takumi Kayukawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of Orthoptera Research
Online Access:https://jor.pensoft.net/article/98133/download/pdf/