Abstract
The epiphysis of a representative member of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera), the corn earworm moth, Heliothis sea (Boddie), was described by Callahan (1969). Photographs of noctuid moths in full flight indicated that this organ, one of which is located at the distal end of the tibia of each foreleg, serves as an antenna cleaner, and observations indicated that moths with dirty antennae invariably cleaned them when they took flight. Also, several times during flight, moths were noted pulling an antenna between the epiphysis and the tibia.
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