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| Altesor,Paula; Horas,Vanusa R; Arcia,María P; Rossini,Carmen; Zarbin,Paulo H G; González,Andrés. |
| Crocidosema aporema (Walsingham) is a major pest of legumes in the southern cone of Latin America. The mating behaviour of two allopatric populations (Uruguay and Brazil) of C. aporema kept in captivity was studied by observing the posture of calling females, the temporal pattern of pheromone emission and mating, and the response of males to calling females in olfactometer tests. Female calling and mating was observed during the scotophase, from the first to the seventh night after adult emergence. Male response was evaluated at night using a single calling female in a Y-shaped olfactometer. Females adopted a characteristic calling posture, extruding the pheromone gland from the tip of the abdomen. Most females started calling during the second scotophase,... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chemical communication; Sex pheromone; Calling periodicity; Y-olfactometer test. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2010000300003 |
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