The Tea Weevil, Myllocerinus aurolineatus, is Attracted to Volatiles Induced by Conspecifics

XL Sun, GC Wang, XM Cai, S **, Y Gao… - Journal of chemical …, 2010 - Springer
The tea weevil, Myllocerinus aurolineatus (Voss)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is a leaf-
feeding pest of Camellia sinensis (O. Ktze.) with aggregative behaviors that can seriously …

Tea green leafhopper, Empoasca vitis, chooses suitable host plants by detecting the emission level of (3Z)-hexenyl acetate

ZJ **n, XW Li, L Bian, XL Sun - Bulletin of entomological research, 2017 - cambridge.org
Green leaf volatiles (GLVs) have been reported to play an important role in the host-locating
behavior of several folivores that feed on angiosperms. However, next to nothing is known …

Effect of mechanical damage on emission of volatile organic compounds from plant leaves and implications for evaluation of host plant specificity of prospective …

L Smith, JJ Beck - Biocontrol Science and Technology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Assessment of host plant specificity is a critical step in the evaluation of classical biological
control agents of weeds which is necessary for avoiding possible damage to non-target …

Coffee volatiles induced after mechanical injury and beetle herbivory attract the coffee berry borer and two of its parasitoids

L Cruz-López, B Díaz-Díaz, JC Rojas - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2016 - Springer
The coffee berry borer (CBB), Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari), is the most important insect
pest of coffee worldwide. In this study, we used headspace solid-phase microextraction …

Olfactory cues are subordinate to visual stimuli in a neotropical generalist weevil

F Otálora-Luna, SL Lapointe, JC Dickens - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The tropical root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus is a major pest of multiple crops in the
Caribbean Islands and has become a serious constraint to citrus production in the United …

Screening and field evaluation of synthetic volatile blends attractive to adults of the tea weevil, Myllocerinus aurolineatus

XL Sun, GC Wang, Y Gao, ZM Chen - Chemoecology, 2012 - Springer
Plant volatiles are known to play a role in host location in many herbivorous insects.
Although a few studies have determined the role of specific chemicals from herbivore …

Characterization of olfactory receptor neurons for pheromone candidate and plant volatile compounds in the clover root weevil, Sitona lepidus

KC Park, M McNeill, CR Unelius, HW Oh… - Journal of insect …, 2013 - Elsevier
Antennal olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) for pheromone and plant volatile compounds
were identified and characterized in male and female clover root weevil, Sitona lepidus …

Development of synthetic volatile attractant for male Ectropis obliqua moths

X SUN, X LI, Z XIN, J HAN, RAN Wei, LEI Shu - Journal of integrative …, 2016 - Elsevier
The tea geometrid Ectropis obliqua is one of the most serious leaf-feeding insect pests in tea
(Camellia sinensis) in East Asia. Although several volatile chemicals emitted from tea plants …

Geotropic, hydrokinetic and random walking differ between sympatric tick species: the deer tick Ixodes scapularis and the lone star tick Ambylomma americanum

F Otálora-Luna, JC Dickens, J Brinkerhoff, AY Li - Journal of Ethology, 2022 - Springer
The black-legged tick–sometimes referred to as the deer tick—Ixodes scapularis and the
lone star tick Ambylomma americanum are sympatric species whose distributions overlap …

Electrophysiological responses and field attraction of the grey corn weevil, Tanymecus (Episomecus) dilaticollis Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to synthetic …

TB Toshova, DI Velchev, MA Subchev, M Tóth, J Vuts… - Chemoecology, 2010 - Springer
The grey corn weevil, Tanymecus (Episomecus) dilaticollis, is an economically important
polyphagous pest in Eastern and Central Europe. The present research is the first published …