Antennal regulation of migratory flight in the neotropical moth Urania fulgens

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-409

  Sane, Sanjay P ^a   Srygley, Robert B ^b,d   Dudley, Robert ^b,c  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; Flight; Insect migration

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANTENNA; FLIGHT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOTH; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; SENSORY SYSTEM; VELOCITY;

PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; URANIA; URANIIDAE;

EID: 77954139158     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.1073     Document Type: Article

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