Antennae in the hawkmoth manduca sexta (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) mediate abdominal flexion in response to mechanical stimuli

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 947-956

  Hinterwirth, Armin J ^a   Daniel, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennae; Inertial sensing; Insect flight control; Sensory integration; Vision

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; FLYING; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MANDUCA; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TOUCH;

EID: 78649497417     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0578-5     Document Type: Article

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