Behavioral ecology of pheromone-mediated communication in moths and its importance in the use of pheromone traps.

JN McNeil - 1991 - cabidigitallibrary.org
In this review, a description is given of the different biotic and abiotic factors that may
influence the emission and reception of sex pheromones in moths (age, presence of specific …

The circadian clock in Lepidoptera

D Brady, A Saviane, S Cappellozza… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With approximately 160,000 identified species of butterflies and moths, Lepidoptera are
among the most species-rich and diverse insect orders. Lepidopteran insects have …

[LLIBRE][B] The evolution of insect mating systems

R Thornhill, J Alcock - 1983 - degruyter.com
THIS PROJECT grew out of our conviction that there was need for a book that would review
insect reproductive behavior and related topics from an evolutionary perspective, particularly …

Scents and eversible scent structures of male moths.

MC Birch, GM Poppy, TC Baker - 1990 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Males of many species of Lepidoptera have scent-organs located on the abdomen, thorax,
legs and wings. Such organs vary from simple scales and hair-tufts to complex eversible …

A pulsed cloud of sex pheromone elicits upwind flight in male moths

TC Baker, MA Willis, KF Haynes… - Physiological …, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
Male oriental fruit moths do not fly upwind in a continuous uniform cloud of pheromone, but
readily do so when the cloud is pulsed at 1 or 0.5/s or when a plume from a point source of …

Physiologically induced changes in resource-oriented behavior.

LB Browne - 1993 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This review considers the ways in which the physiological state of an insect can influence its
readiness to acquire 3 major resources required for reproductive success: food (including …

Circadian rhythms of insect pheromone titer, calling, emission, and response: a review

A Levi-Zada, JA Byers - The Science of Nature, 2021 - Springer
Many insect species have circadian rhythms of pheromone production/titer, calling,
emission, and response that are involved in intraspecific communication and impact pest …

Circadian rhythms of sexual activities in moths: a review

AT Groot - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2014 - frontiersin.org
The circadian rhythm of behavior has interested many researchers in the past decades, yet
amazingly little is known on the evolution of natural variation in circadian rhythms of …

Diel Periodicity and Effect of Age and Mating on Female Sex Pheromone Titer in Heliothis zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

AK Raina, JA Klun… - Annals of the …, 1986 - academic.oup.com
Ovipositors of the female corn earworm, Heliothis zea (Boddie), contained large amounts of
extractable sex pheromone only during scotophase. Quantitative gas chromatographic …

Effects of intermittent and continuous pheromone stimulation on the flight behaviour of the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta

MA Willis, TC Baker - Physiological Entomology, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
When male oriental fruit moths, Grapholita molesta (Busck)(Tortricidae), casting in clean air
entered an airstream permeated with pheromone their flight tracks changed immediately on …