Pheromone Communication in Moths : Evolution, Behavior, and Application / Jeremy D. Allison, Ring T. Carde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allison, Jeremy D., Editor.

Carde, Ring T., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moths.

Pheromones.

Animal communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Common among moths is a mate-finding system in which females emit a pheromone that induces males to fly upwind along the pheromone plume. Since the chemical pheromone of the domesticated silk moth was identified in 1959, a steady increase in the number of moth species whose pheromone attractants have been identified now results in a rich base for review and synthesis. Pheromone Communication in Moths summarizes moth pheromone biology, covering the chemical structures used by the various lineages, signal production and perception, the genetic control of moth pheromone traits, interactions of pheromones with host-plant volatiles, pheromone dispersal and orientation, male pheromones and courtship, and the evolutionary forces that have likely shaped pheromone signals and their role in sexual selection. Also included are chapters on practical applications in the control and monitoring of pest species as well as case studies that address pheromone systems in a number of species and groups of closely allied species. Pheromone Communication in Moths is an invaluable resource for entomologists, chemical ecologists, pest-management scientists, and professionals who study pheromone communication and pest management.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

1. Reminiscence of the Early Days

2. Pheromones: Reproductive Isolation and Evolution in Moths

3. Variation in Moth Pheromones: Causes and Consequences

4. Evolutionary Patterns of Pheromone Diversity in Lepidoptera

5. Sexual Selection

6. Genetic Control of Moth Sex Pheromone Signal and Response

7. Contextual Modulation of Moth Pheromone Perception by Plant Odors

8. Toward a Quantitative Paradigm for Sex Pheromone Production in Moths

9. Molecular Biology of Reception

10. Moth Sex Pheromone Olfaction: Flux and Flexibility in the Coordinated Confluences of Visual and Olfactory Pathways

11. Moth Navigation along Pheromone Plumes

12. Male Pheromones in Moths: Reproductive Isolation, Sexy Sons, and Good Genes

13. Small Ermine Moths: Role of Pheromones in Reproductive Isolation and Speciation

14. Possible Reproductive Character Displacement in Saturniid Moths in the Genus Hemileuca

15. The European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis: Exotic Pest and Model System to Study Pheromone Evolution and Speciation

16. Divergence of the Sex Pheromone Systems in "Oriental" Ostrinia species

17. Utetheisa ornatrix (Erebidae, Arctiinae): A Case Study of Sexual Selection

18. Pheromone Communication, Behavior, and Ecology in the North American Choristoneura genus

19. The Endemic New Zealand Genera Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix: A Down-Under Story of Leafroller Moth Sex Pheromone Evolution and Speciation

20. Evolution of Reproductive Isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda

21. Pheromones of Heliothine Moths

22. Monitoring for Surveillance and Management

23. Pheromones as Management Tools: Mass Trapping and Lure-and-Kill

24. Mating Disruption of Moth Pests in Integrated Pest Management: A Mechanistic Approach

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520964433

0520964438

OCLC:

935885049