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Naturwissenschaften

Title:		"Mastrus ridibundus parasitoids eavesdrop on cocoon-spinning codling moth, Cydia pomonella, larvae"
Author(s):		Jumean Z; Unruh T; Gries R; Gries G;
Address:		"Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A1S6, Canada"
Journal Title:		Naturwissenschaften
Year:		2005
Volume:		20041118
Issue:		1
Page Number:		20 - 25
DOI:		10.1007/s00114-004-0581-1
ISSN/ISBN:		0028-1042 (Print) 0028-1042 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Cocoon-spinning larvae of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae) employ a pheromone that attracts or arrests conspecifics seeking pupation sites. Such intraspecific communication signals are important cues for illicit receivers such as parasitoids to exploit. We tested the hypothesis that the prepupal C. pomonella parasitoid Mastrus ridibundus Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) exploits the larval aggregation pheromone to locate host prepupae. In laboratory olfactometer experiments, female M. ridibundus were attracted to 3-day-old cocoons containing C. pomonella larvae or prepupae. Older cocoons containing C. pomonella pupae, or larvae and prepupae excised from cocoons, were not attractive. In gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) analyses of bioactive Porapak Q extract of cocoon-derived airborne semiochemicals, ten compounds elicited responses from female M. ridibundus antennae. Comparative GC-mass spectrometry of authentic standards and cocoon-volatiles determined that these compounds were 3-carene, myrcene, heptanal, octanal, nonanal, decanal, (E)-2-octenal, (E)-2-nonenal, sulcatone, and geranylacetone. A synthetic 11-component blend consisting of these ten EAD-active compounds plus EAD-inactive (+)-limonene (the most abundant cocoon-derived volatile) was as effective as Porapak Q cocoon extract in attracting both female M. ridibundus and C. pomonella larvae seeking pupation sites. Only three components could be deleted from the 11-component blend without diminishing its attractiveness to M. ridibundus, which underlines the complexity of information received and processed during foraging for hosts. Mastrus ridibundus obviously 'eavesdrop' on the pheromonal communication signals of C. pomonella larvae that reliably indicate host presence"
Keywords:		"Animals Behavior, Animal Female Hymenoptera/*physiology Larva/parasitology Moths/growth & development/*parasitology Odorants Smell/physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineJumean, Zaid Unruh, Tom Gries, Regine Gries, Gerhard eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 2004/11/20 Naturwissenschaften. 2005 Jan; 92(1):20-5. doi: 10.1007/s00114-004-0581-1. Epub 2004 Nov 18"