... for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 12 2 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 olfactory stimulus sensory stimulus temporal pattern spatial pattern temporal decoupling hawkmoth The use of multiple sensory modalities empowers animals to respond efficiently...

... in temporal pattern. Manipulation of the gross temporal pattern of C. barbara calling song significantly reduced stimulus attractiveness. Indeed, C. barbara males stopped responding to stimuli in which the temporal pattern approached the characteristic C. orni song, a sympatric and closely related species...