The effect of diet water content on energy expenditure by third-instar Manduca sexta larvae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
- 31 December 1989
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Insect Physiology
- Vol. 35 (5), 433-436
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(89)90118-2
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