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Darwin’s Hawkmoth (Xanthopan praedicta) responds to bat ultrasound at sonar-jamming rates

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2022
Authors:J. J. Rubin
Journal:Biotropica
Volume:54
Start Page:571
Pagination:1-5
Date Published:571-575
Keywords:ACOUSTICS, AGRIUS, BATS, COELONIA, COEVOLUTION, JAMMING, SPHINGIDAE, STRIDULATION, ULTRASONICS, XANTHOPAN
Abstract:

"This paper reveals that Xanthopan praedicta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) is part of the bat–moth coevolutionary dynamic. I played recordings of bat echolocation to live X. praedicta and found that males respond with such dense ultrasound they can likely jam bat sonar. Female X. praedicta and two other sphingid species do not produce ultrasonic responses."

URL:https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13093
DOI:10.1111/btp.13093
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