Dependence of Flight On Temperature Regulation in the Moth, Manduca Sexta
Open Access
- 1 April 1971
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology
- Vol. 54 (2) , 415-435
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.54.2.415
Abstract
Manduca sexta can behaviourally regulate its temperature, but the temperature level is not determined by a simple thermal set-point. Thermoregulation is not localized in a cephalic nervous centre. Both of these characteristics distinguish thermoregulation in M. sexta from thermoregulation as seen in vertebrates. Sustained high temperature is a requisite for flight activity, but regulation of internal temperature is a secondary feature in M. sexta subserving efficient tuning of the flight system.Keywords
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