Beeman Sylvia C, Wilson Marijo E, Bulla Lee A, Consigli Richard A
Section of Virology and Oncology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506.
U.S. Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.
J Morphol. 1983 Jan;175(1):1-16. doi: 10.1002/jmor.1051750102.
Six types of hemocytes were identified in fifth instars of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella. The morphology of these cells was characterized by phase contrast and electron microscopy, with Sudan black B, Giemsa, Janus green B, and periodic acid-Schiff staining. Reaction of the hemocytes with seven fluorescing lectin conjugates revealed distinctive binding patterns by their plasma and nuclear membranes and cytoplasmic inclusions. A direct line of descent from prohemocytes to plasmatocytes to granulocytes is suggested from these morphological observations.
