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SPECIES RECORD

Detailed Record for Pachysphinx modesta

Common Name: Modest sphinx

Taxonomy: Phylum Arthropoda / Sub Phylum Hexapoda / Class Insecta / Sub Class Pterygota / Order Lepidoptera / Family Sphingidae / Genus Pachysphinx

C-value (pg): 0.46

Method: Feulgen Image Analysis Densitometry

Cell Type: Sperm

Standard Species: Drosophila melanogaster = 0.18pg

References:
Gregory, T.R. and P.D.N. Hebert (2003). Genome size variation in lepidopteran insects. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 1399-1405.

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