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Properties and Functions of Screening Pigments in Insect Eyes

  • Langer H
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (1975), 429-455
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80934-7_26
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Abstract

The colour of insect eyes is mainly determined by their screening pigments. These substances belong to two chemical classes: the ommochromes, which are phenoxazones, and the pteridines, closely related to purines.

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Langer, H. (1975). Properties and Functions of Screening Pigments in Insect Eyes. In Photoreceptor Optics (pp. 429–455). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80934-7_26

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