Please, more tears: a case of a moth feeding on antbird tears in central Amazonia.

Ecology

Programa de Capacitação Institucional, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo 2936, 69067-375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.

Published: February 2019

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