Perception of conspecific female pheromone stimulates female calling in an arctiid moth, Utetheisa ornatrix

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1257-1271

  Lim, Hangkyo ^a,c   Park, Kye Chung ^b,d   Baker, Thomas C ^b,d   Greenfield, Michael D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Arctiid moth; Chemical communication; Olfactory response; Sex pheromone; Signal perception

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSPECIFIC; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MOTH; PERCEPTION; SEX PHEROMONE; SIGNALING;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 34249650075     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-007-9291-4     Document Type: Article

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