Interesting facts about Moth

1. Noctuid Moth has a hearing range between 1,000 and 240,000 Hz.
2. Emperor Moth can detect pheromones up to 5 km. distant.
3. Silkworm Moth can detect pheromones up to 11 km. distant. This moth can detect pheromones in concentrations as low as 1 molecule of pheromone per 1017 molecules of air. A receptor cell can respond to a single molecule of the pheromone called bombykol and 200 molecules can cause a behavioral response.