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Title:Moths behaving like butterflies. Evolutionary loss of long range attractant pheromones in castniid moths: a Paysandisia archon model
Author(s):Monteys V; Acin P; Rosell G; Quero C; Jimenez MA; Guerrero A;
Address:"Direccio General d'Agricultura i Ramaderia, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. vsarto@gencat.cat"
Journal Title:PLoS One
Year:2012
Volume:20120104
Issue:1
Page Number:e29282 -
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029282
ISSN/ISBN:1932-6203 (Electronic) 1932-6203 (Linking)
Abstract:"BACKGROUND: In the course of evolution butterflies and moths developed two different reproductive behaviors. Whereas butterflies rely on visual stimuli for mate location, moths use the 'female calling plus male seduction' system, in which females release long-range sex pheromones to attract conspecific males. There are few exceptions from this pattern but in all cases known female moths possess sex pheromone glands which apparently have been lost in female butterflies. In the day-flying moth family Castniidae ('butterfly-moths'), which includes some important crop pests, no pheromones have been found so far. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Using a multidisciplinary approach we described the steps involved in the courtship of P. archon, showing that visual cues are the only ones used for mate location; showed that the morphology and fine structure of the antennae of this moth are strikingly similar to those of butterflies, with male sensilla apparently not suited to detect female-released long range pheromones; showed that its females lack pheromone-producing glands, and identified three compounds as putative male sex pheromone (MSP) components of P. archon, released from the proximal halves of male forewings and hindwings. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This study provides evidence for the first time in Lepidoptera that females of a moth do not produce any pheromone to attract males, and that mate location is achieved only visually by patrolling males, which may release a pheromone at short distance, putatively a mixture of Z,E-farnesal, E,E-farnesal, and (E,Z)-2,13-octadecadienol. The outlined behavior, long thought to be unique to butterflies, is likely to be widespread in Castniidae implying a novel, unparalleled butterfly-like reproductive behavior in moths. This will also have practical implications in applied entomology since it signifies that the monitoring/control of castniid pests should not be based on the use of female-produced pheromones, as it is usually done in many moths"
Keywords:"Animals Behavior, Animal/*physiology Butterflies/genetics/*physiology Courtship *Evolution, Molecular Female Gene Deletion Male Models, Biological Moths/*genetics/*physiology Phylogeny Reproduction/genetics/physiology Sex Attractants/*genetics/metabolism;"
Notes:"MedlineSarto i Monteys, Victor Acin, Patricia Rosell, Gloria Quero, Carmen Jimenez, Miquel A Guerrero, Angel eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2012/01/13 PLoS One. 2012; 7(1):e29282. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029282. Epub 2012 Jan 4"

 
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