Hairpencil Volatiles Influence Interspecific Courtship and Mating Between Two Related Moth Species

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1127-1136

  Hillier, Neil Kirk ^a   Vickers, Neil J ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heliothis subflexa; Heliothis virescens; Hybridization; Lepidoptera; Pheromone; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

CONSPECIFIC; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; HYBRIDIZATION; MOTH; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIGNALING; SYMPATRY; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTH; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HELIOTHIS SUBFLEXA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 80255138901     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-0017-2     Document Type: Article

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