Tobacco Hawkmoths Can Discriminate Critical From Irrelevant Scents in a Complicated Odorous Combination - Nature World News

According to Sonja Bisch-Knaden, the main author of the study, they wanted to see if the olfactory system can also filter out faint odor signals if they offer the moths hints that direct them to food sources or oviposition sites

When hunting for flowers that produce nutrient-rich nectar or seeking a host plant on which to deposit their eggs, nocturnal moths, such as tobacco hawkmoths (Manduca sexta), rely mostly on their sen… [+3962 chars]

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