| Title: | Ultrastructure of antennal sensilla of Erannis ankeraria Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) |
| Author(s): | Liu F; Li F; Zhang S; Kong X; Zhang Z; |
| Address: | "Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1097-0029 (Electronic) 1059-910X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Erannis ankeraria Staudinger, 1861 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) is one of the major pests causing serious damages on Larix spp., Quercus L., and Picea Mill. To investigate the conceivable functions of antennal sensilla associated with pheromone detection, we observed the ultrastructure of antennae in female and male of E. ankeraria moths by scanning electron microscopy. Six types (including two subtypes and a new type) of sensilla were recorded and characterized, including Sensilla trichodea (ST I and ST II), Bohm bristles, Sensilla squamiformia, Sensilla chaetica, Sensilla auricillic (SAU) and newly observed serrate-like sensilla. ST I and SAU were abundant on male antennae, displaying a sexual dismorphism. Serrate-like sensilla were also peculiar to male antennae. In summary of reported functions of corresponding sensilla, we presumed putative functions of the recorded sensilla in E. ankeraria, providing the morphological basis for sensory mechanisms related to pest management" |
| Keywords: | Animals China Female Male Moths/*anatomy & histology/ultrastructure Pheromones/physiology Sensilla/*anatomy & histology/*ultrastructure Erannis ankeraria antennal sensilla sensory mechanisms serrate-like sensilla; |
| Notes: | "MedlineLiu, Fu Li, Fangyu Zhang, Sufang Kong, Xiangbo Zhang, Zhen eng CAFYBB2018ZB005/The Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research of Central Public Research Institutes/ 2019/08/17 Microsc Res Tech. 2019 Nov; 82(11):1903-1910. doi: 10.1002/jemt.23358. Epub 2019 Aug 16" |
