Detoxifying Mechanisms in Clothes Moth Larvæ
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The dietetics of the clothes moth, Tineola bisselliella Hum.
Much attention has been paid in the past to the peculiar mechanism of keratin digestion which enables the clothes moth to infest Woollen materials (Schulz, 1925 ; Liriderstrem-Lang & Duspiva, 1935 ; Duspiva, 1936), but little is known about its general food requirements. It is known that the larvae will not grow on clean wool (Titschak, 1922; Crowell & McCay, 1937) and that damage to clothing i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1952
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/169550a0