Chordotonal organ
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Chordotonal organs are stretch receptors in insects. They are used to detect the position of the body segments and appendages, or, in tympanal organs, the vibrations caused by sounds.
[edit] References
Scoble, Malcolm J., 1992, The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198549520.
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