NANOPROTUBERANCE ARRAY IN THE TRANSPARENT WING OF A HAWKMOTH, CEPHONODES HYLAS

Authors
YOSHIDA A MOTOYAMA M KOSAKU A MIYAMOTO K
Citation
A. Yoshida et al., NANOPROTUBERANCE ARRAY IN THE TRANSPARENT WING OF A HAWKMOTH, CEPHONODES HYLAS, Zoological science, 13(4), 1996, pp. 525-526
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Zoological science → ACNP
ISSN journal
02890003
Volume
13
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
525 - 526
Database
ISI
SICI code
0289-0003(1996)13:4<525:NAITTW>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
A highly ordered nanocomposite was discovered in the transparent wing of a hawkmoth, Cephonodes hylas. The protuberances, nipple-like shaped and 250 nm in height, are regular-hexagonally arranged with the cente r-to-center distance of 200 nm. This morphology is almost the same as those of ''corneal nipple arrays'' of some insect eyes. Nanocomposites closely similar to that of the Cephonodes wing were also found in tra nsparent wings of some other moths (Sphingidae and Sesiidae) and cicad ae.