Ultrasonic courtship songs of male Asian corn borer moths assist copulation attempts by making the females motionless

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-81

  Nakano, Ryo ^a,f   Takanashi, Takuma ^b   Skals, Niels ^c   Surlykke, Annemarie ^e   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c

^d Denmark

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copulation attempt; Courtship; Crambidae; Freezing response; Predator avoidance; Sound level; ultrasound.

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; MATING SUCCESS; MOTH; PREDATOR; SONG;

CRAMBIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS;

EID: 77952739429     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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