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Todd, J.L., Phelan, P.L. & Nault, L.R. Orientation of the leafhopper,Dalbulus maidis (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), to different wavelengths of reflected light. J Insect Behav 3, 567–571 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052019
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