Role of trail pheromone in foraging and processionary behavior of pine processionary caterpillars Thaumetopoea pityocampa

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 513-532

  Fitzgerald, T D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Foraging; Pine processionary caterpillar; Social caterpillar; Thaumetopoea pityocampa; Thaumetopoeidae; Thigmotaxis; Trail pheromone

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAIL PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEGRADATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FORAGING; GENDER; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINE; SILK; VOLATILIZATION; WORM;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHEROMONES;

LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA; THAUMETOPOEIDAE;

EID: 0037357767     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022875102682     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. BRINDLEY, H. H. 1910. Further notes on the procession of Cnethocampa pinivora. Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 15:576-587.
2. COSTA, J. T., FITZGERALD, T. D., and JANZEN, D. H. 2002. Trail-following and natural history of the social caterpillar of Arsenura armida in Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae:Arsenurinae). Tropical Lepidoptera. In press.
3. DAJOZ, R. 2000. Insects and Forests. The Role and Diversity of Insects in the Forest Environment. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris.
4. DEMOLIN, G. 1962. Comportement des chenilles de Thaumetopoea pityocampa au cours des processions de nymphose, C. R. Acad. Sci. 254:733-744.
5. DEMOLIN, G. 1971. Incidences de quelques facteurs agissant sur le comportment social des chenilles de Thaumetopoeapityocampa Schiff. (Lepidoptera) pendant la période des processions de nymphose. Répercussion sur l'efficacité des parasites. Ann. Zool. Ecol. Anim., no. hors série, pp. 33-56.
6. DUCOMBS, G., LAMY, M., MOLLARD, S., GUILLARD, J. M., and MALEVILLE, J. 1981. Contact dermatitis from processional pine caterpillar (Thaumetopoea pityocampa Schiff., Lepidoptera). Contact Derm. 7:287-288.
7. EDGERLY, J. S. and FITZGERALD, T. D. 1982. An investigation of behavioral variability within colonies of the eastern tent caterpillar Malacosoma americanum (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 55:145-155.
8. EDWARDS, T. G. 1910. On the procession and pupation of the larva of Cnethocampa pinivora. Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 15:431-436.
9. FABRE, J. H. 1898. Souvenirs Entomologiques, Sér. 6:298-392.
10. FABRE, J. H. 1916. The Life of the Caterpillar. Dodd, Mead and Co., New York.
11. FITZGERALD, T. D. 1993. Trail and arena marking by caterpillars of Archip cerasivoranus (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 19:1479-1489.
12. FITZGERALD, T. D. 1995. The Tent Caterpillars. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.
13. FITZGERALD, T. D. and COSTA, J. T. 1999. Collective behavior in social caterpillars, pp. 379-400, in C. Detrain, J. L. Deneubourg, and J. M. Pasteels (eds.). Information Processing in Social Insects. Birkhaeuser, Basel.
14. FITZGERALD, T. D. and PESCADOR-RUBIO, A. 2002. The role of tactile and chemical stimuli in the formation and maintenance of the processions of the social caterpillar Hylesia lineata (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). J. Insect Behav. In press.
15. FITZGERALD, T. D. and UNDERWOOD, D. L. A. 1998a. Trail marking by the larva of the madrone butterfly Eucheira socialis and the role of the trail pheromone in communal foraging behavior. J. Insect Behav. 11:247-263.
16. FITZGERALD, T. D. and UNDERWOOD, D. L. A. 1998b. Communal foraging behavior and recruitment communication in Gloveria sp. (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 24:1381-1396.
17. FITZGERALD, T. D. and UNDERWOOD, D. L. 2000. Winter foraging patterns and voluntary hypothermia in the social catterpillar Eucheira socialis. Ecol. Entomol. 25:1-10.
18. HALPERIN, J. 1990. Life history of Thaumetopoea spp. (Lep., Thaumetopoeidae) in Israel. J. Appl. Entomol. 110:1-6.
19. LAMY, M., PASTUREAUD, M.-H., NOVAK, F., DUCOMBS, G., VINCENDEAU, P., MALEVILLE, J., and TEXIER, L. 1986. Thaumetopoein: an urticating protein from the hairs an integument of the pine processionary caterpillar (Thaumetopoea pityocampa Schiff., Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae). Toxicon 24:347-356.
20. MILLS, M. B. 1951. Bag shelter caterpillars and their habits II. West. Aust. Nat. 3:84-92.
21. MALLMANN, R. J. 1962. Observations sur les réactions tactiles de la chenille processionnaire du pin, Thaumetopoea pityocampa Schiff. Insectes Soc. 9:335-345.
22. PAPAJ, D. R. and RAUSHER, M. D. 1983. Individual variation in host location by phytophagous insects, pp. 77-124, in S. Ahmed, (ed.). Herbivorous Insects: Host-Seeking Behavior and Mechanisms. Academic Press, New York.
23. RÉAUMUR, M. 1736. Mémoires pour l'histoire des Insectes, II. Paris.
24. RUF, C., COSTA, J. T., and FIEDLER, K. 2001. Trail-based communication in social caterpillars of Eriogaster lanestris (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). J. Insect Behav. 14:231-245.
25. SCHMIDT, D. H., KOUTSAFTIKIS, A., and BREUER, M. 1990. Ein Beitrag zur Biologie und zum Feinddruck von Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Den. & Schiff.) in Griechenland (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Z. Angew. Zool. 77:395-422.
26. SOKAL, R. R. and ROHLF, F. J. 1969. Biometry. W. H. Freeman, San Francisco.
27. UNDERWOOD, D. L. A. and SHAPIRO, A. M. 1999. Evidence for division of labor in the social caterpillar Eucheira socialis (Pieridae: Lepidoptera). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 46:221-227.
28. VEGA, J. M., MONEO, I., ARMENTIA, A., FERNÁNDEZ, J., VEGA, J., DE LA FUENTE, R., SANCHEZ, P., and SÁNCHÍS, E. 1999. Allergy to the pine processionary caterpillar (Thaumetopoea pityocampa). Clin. Exp. Allergy 29:1418-1423.
29. WEINSTEIN, P. and MAELZER, D. A. 1997. Leadership behavior in sawfly larvae Perga dorsalis (Hymenoptera: Pergidae). Oikos 79:450-455.
30. WELLINGTON, W. G. 1957. Individual differences as a factor in populations dynamics: the development of a problem. Can. J. Zool. 35:293-323.