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Pilifer is the hearing organ present in

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Pilifer is the hearing organ present in Hawk moths.
A pilifer or labral pilifer is part of a hearing organ found on the heads of hawkmoths of the subtribe Choerocampina. This organ detects the high-pitched echolocation sounds of insectivorous bats and enables the moth to elude them.
The labral pilifers and the labial palps form ultrasound-sensitive hearing organs in species of two distantly related hawkmoth subtribes, the Choerocampina and the Acherontiina.
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