Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Arthropoda » Pancrustacea » Insecta » Hemipteroid assemblage » Hemiptera » Aphididae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Green530nm  530nm
Blue490nm  490nm
UV335nm  335nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
 Green   Photopic
Lime-Aqua
555nm - 513nm - 471nm
  		Green Blue Photopic
Green-UV
530nm - 387nm - 334nm
  		Green UV Photopic

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Notes and References:

Kirchner, S. M., Döring, T. F., & Saucke, H. (2005). Evidence for trichromacy in the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulz.)(Hemiptera: Aphididae). Journal of Insect Physiology, 51(11), 1255-1260.

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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