Ultrastructure of gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) nephrocytes

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 922-923
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Shields
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Gypsy Moth ◽  
Lymantria Dispar ◽  
Trypan Blue ◽  
Body Cavity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Insect Order ◽  
Vital Dye ◽  
Pericardial Cells

Nephrocytes are endocytotic cells that exist in distinct groups at fixed sites within the body cavity of arthropods. They can be identified by their uptake of the vital dye, Trypan blue. The only types of nephrocyte that have been described in the insect order Lepidoptera are the pericardial cells, which have been described in many species, and the cells of the unusual “organe rameux” of Bombyx mori.

Stimulation of cyclic AMP formation and nerve electrical activity by octopamine in the terminal abdominal ganglion of the female gypsy moth Lymantria dispar

2006 ◽  
Vol 1071 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria C. Olianas ◽  
Paolo Solari ◽  
Luciana Garau ◽  
Anna Liscia ◽  
Roberto Crnjar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Electrical Activity ◽  
Gypsy Moth ◽  
Lymantria Dispar ◽  
Abdominal Ganglion ◽  
Stimulation Of

Myiasis in Bufo regularis caused by a Tabanid Larva

Parasitology ◽  
1924 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-112
Author(s):  
Edward Hindle
Keyword(s):  
Fibrous Tissue ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Body Cavity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Large Female ◽  
Considerable Time ◽  
Ventral Region ◽  
Cylindrical Structure ◽  
The Right

In December, 1922, whilst dissecting a large female example of Bufo regularis, one of my students noticed a cylindrical structure extending along the ventral region of the body-cavity. A careful examination showed that this structure consisted of an elongated sac-like diverticulum of the right lung, containing an almost full-grown specimen of a dipterous larva, which could be seen through the membraneous wall of the diverticulum. The base of the latter, in addition to its point of origin from the lung, was also connected to the dorsal surface of the liver by strands of fibrous tissue, suggesting that the growth had been in existence some considerable time in order to cause such adhesions. Posteriorly, the diverticulum hung freely in the body cavity and extended to the extreme hinder end. Its dimensions were 5·5 cm. in length, by 0·5 cm. in diameter, but tapering towards each extremity.

Effects of maternal nutrition and egg provisioning on parameters of larval hatch, survival and dispersal in the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L.

Oecologia ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 106 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Diss ◽  
J. G. Kunkel ◽  
M. E. Montgomery ◽  
D. E. Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Gypsy Moth ◽  
Lymantria Dispar ◽  
Maternal Nutrition ◽  
Egg Provisioning
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