Persistence and regression of hearing in the exclusively diurnal moths, Trichodezia albovittata (Geometridae) and Lycomorpha pholus (Arctiidae)

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 718-726

  Muma, Katherine E ^a   Fullard, James H ^b  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory persistence; Bats; Diurnal moths; Hearing; Sound production; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BAT; MOTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; ULTRASONICS;

ARCTIIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRICHODEZIA ALBOVITTATA;

EID: 10444280904     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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