The colours of animals : their meaning and use, especially considered in the case of insects (1890)
Poulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir, 1856-1943 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 179
VAEIABLE PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCE IN INSECTS 151 is much stronger than that of the light varieties to the leaves (see figs. 38 and 39). Two species, how- ever, are already known in which the green stems and Fig 38. The larva of a continental Noctua (Catocala elocata) with the colour adjusted to that… … Fig. 39.— The colour of a larva of the same species when only preen twigs and leaves were supplied to it. The food-plant in both cases was black poplar (Fopulus nigra) leaves cause the production of green larvae, so that the concealment is very perfect. And we may be quite sure that there are many…
Animals · Insects
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