Title: | Spatial discrimination between sources of pheromone and an inhibitor by the light-brown apple mothEpiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) |
Author(s): | Rumbo ER; Deacon SM; Regan LP; |
Address: | "CSIRO Division of Entomology, GPO Box 1700, 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Inhibition of the behavioral responses of maleEpiphyas postvittana moths by theZ isorner of the major component of the sex pheromone,E11-14: OAc, was studied in a wind tunnel. Inhibition was detectable at a Z isomer concentration of 10% that of the major component and was greatest when it was added to the same source as the pheromone. Inhibition declined rapidly as the inhibitor was moved across-wind away from the pheromone source but was largely maintained when the sources were separated upwind or downwind. The results showed that the insects possess a high degree of temporal resolution for odor plumes of different composition" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINERumbo, E R Deacon, S M Regan, L P eng 1993/05/01 J Chem Ecol. 1993 May; 19(5):953-62. doi: 10.1007/BF00992530" |