THRESHOLD AND SUPRATHRESHOLD RESPONSES OF THE AUDITORY RECEPTORS IN AN ARCTIID MOTH

Authors
CORO F PEREZ M
Citation
F. Coro et M. Perez, THRESHOLD AND SUPRATHRESHOLD RESPONSES OF THE AUDITORY RECEPTORS IN AN ARCTIID MOTH, Experientia, 49(4), 1993, pp. 285-290
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Experientia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00144754
Volume
49
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
285 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-4754(1993)49:4<285:TASROT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Considering the responses of both auditory receptors in Empyreuma pugi one (Arctiidae, Ctenuchinae), it was found that this auditory organ ma intains its frequency tuning and directionality over an intensity rang e of more than 60 dB. For the first time in the Lepidoptera we demonst rate a close frequency match between auditory sensitivity and the powe r spectrum of the sound emitted by the same species.