Behavioural context regulates dual function of ultrasonic hearing in lesser waxmoths: Bat avoidance and pair formation

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-168

  Rodríguez, Rafael Lucas ^a,b   Greenfield, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Achroia grisella; Acoustic signalling; Female mate preferences; Lepidoptera; Pyralidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; MOTH; ULTRASONICS;

LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 18744421541     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2004.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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