Influence of microclimatic variations on EAG responses ofLymantria dispar(Lepidoptera, Lymantridae) males to sex pheromone
作者:
Anna Cerboneschi,
Roberto Crnjar,
Anna Liscia,
Rossana Majone,
Paolo Solari,
期刊:
Italian Journal of Zoology
(Taylor Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 65,
issue 3
页码: 267-272
ISSN:1125-0003
年代: 1998
DOI:10.1080/11250008809386757
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Lymantria;Gypsy moth;Climate;EAG
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The gypsy mothLymantria dispar,like many other forest defoliator species, exhibits periodic population outbreak dynamics, whose variability in different years and in different places can be attributed to different microclimatic parameters. This study was focused on the correlation between climatic variations in two different localities of Sardinia over a three‐year period and on changes in sensitivity of the male antennal olfactory receptors. Our electrophysiological results show that olfactory EAG responses to the sex pheromone of the antennae are inversely correlated with rainfall during gypsy moth larval development. On the other hand, male antennal sensitivity and ambient temperature were not correlated, possibly due to the fact that no significant climatic variations were detected in the period examined. Our findings, especially for rainfall, are in good agreement with data in the literature concerning the effects of weather on gypsy moth population dynamics.
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