To Armand de Quatrefages 3 July [1862]
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Summary
Can AdeQ verify the statement that the moths of the several races of the common silkworm are very similar?
When the female moth comes out of the cocoon, are her wings less developed than those of a male moth at the same stage?
Summary
Can AdeQ verify the statement that the moths of the several races of the common silkworm are very similar?
When the female moth comes out of the cocoon, are her wings less developed than those of a male moth at the same stage?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3640F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, département des Manuscrits (Manuscripts NAF 11824 ff. 68–9)
- Physical description
- 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3640F,” accessed on 5 March 2021, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-3640F.xml
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