Auditory sensory cells in Hawkmoths: Identification, physiology and structure

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1579-1587

  Göpfert, Martin C ^a,b   Wasserthal, Lutz T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acherontin atropos; Chordotonal organ; Death's head hawkmoth; Evolution; Hearing; Insect bioacoustics; Sphingidae; Ultrasonic hearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344171885     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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