03732nam a22005295i 4500 978-981-97-9711-0 DE-He213 20251030114918.0 cr nn 008mamaa 250102s2024 si | s |||| 0|eng d 9789819797110 978-981-97-9711-0 10.1007/978-981-97-9711-0 doi QL360-599.82 PSVT bicssc SCI070020 bisacsh PSV thema Yoshida, Akihiro. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 90092 Butterfly and Moth Wings [electronic resource] : Functional Morphology of the Wings with Scales / by Akihiro Yoshida. 1st ed. 2024. Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XI, 196 p. 175 illus., 38 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Entomology Monographs, 2522-5278 This book explores the various functions of butterfly and moth wings. Lepidoptera wings are covered with variously colored scales and exhibit a wide variety of color patterns, with some functioning as significant signals in behavior. They are also the flight organs, as the wings of the other insects are. Although research on Lepidopteran wings has predominantly focused on the color patterns and flight performance, they have many other functions that contribute to their lives. Chapters in this book examine airflow regulation, behavioral signal sending, friction reduction, sensory signal reception, pheromone secretion, antireflection, and high hydrophobicity. Utilizing the perspectives from biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics, the author explores the functions, structures, construction, and development of these functional wings. Since many of the wing functions are attributed to or assisted by the scale functions, an understanding of the scale functions is necessary to understand the wing functions. The book includes chapters on the marginal scale morphology and function of the small moth wing, as well as the development of the wing with scales. Programmed cell death, which plays a crucial role in the development of the functional wing, is also described. The extensive descriptions offer new insights into Lepidoptera wings and may inspire ingenious devices from a physics and engineering perspective. In particular, the physiological approach to the wing mechanoreception in this book is the first for butterfly and moth wings to thoroughly investigate their intricate mechanisms. With numerous figures to aid the understanding of readers, the book will appeal to researchers and graduate students interested in entomology, biomimetics and physics. Invertebrates. 72152 Physiology. 72764 Bioengineering. 65166 Invertebrate Zoology. 72153 Animal Physiology. 72765 Biological and Physical Engineering. 74177 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9789819797103 Printed edition: 9789819797127 Printed edition: 9789819797134 Entomology Monographs, 2522-5278 82092 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-9711-0 ZDB-2-SBL ZDB-2-SXB 66307 66307