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Fig. 18 | BMC Evolutionary Biology

Fig. 18

From: Forewing color pattern in Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera): homologies between contrast boundaries, and a revised hypothesis for the origin of symmetry systems

Fig. 18

Possible origination of wing patterns with more than six fasciae. a Ancestral wing patterns are comprised of dark bands straddling alternating veins, as in Micropterix, Sabatinca doroxena, etc. b Derived wing patterns include spots that straddle all veins at the costa, as in Sabatinca demissa. c Each spot along the costa could extend into a band that reaches the dorsum

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