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J Exp Biol

Title:		Measured behavioural latency in response to sex-pheromone loss in the large silk moth Antheraea polyphemus
Author(s):		Baker TC; Vogt RG;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside 92521"
Journal Title:		J Exp Biol
Year:		1988
Volume:		137
Issue:
Page Number:		29 - 38
DOI:		10.1242/jeb.137.1.29
ISSN/ISBN:		0022-0949 (Print) 0022-0949 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Males of the giant silk moth Antheraea polyphemus Cramer (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) were video-recorded in a sustained-flight wind tunnel in a constant plume of sex pheromone. The plume was experimentally truncated, and the moths, on losing pheromone stimulus, rapidly changed their behaviour from up-tunnel zig-zag flight to lateral casting flight. The latency of this change was in the range 300-500 ms. Video and computer analysis of flight tracks indicates that these moths effect this switch by increasing their course angle to the wind while decreasing their air speed. Combined with previous physiological and biochemical data concerning pheromone processing within this species, this behavioural study supports the argument that the temporal limit for this behavioural response latency is determined at the level of genetically coded kinetic processes located within the peripheral sensory hairs"
Keywords:		"Animals Behavior, Animal Flight, Animal Lepidoptera/*physiology Male Moths/*physiology Motor Activity Pheromones/*physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineBaker, T C Vogt, R G eng GM-07270/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. England 1988/07/01 J Exp Biol. 1988 Jul; 137:29-38. doi: 10.1242/jeb.137.1.29"