Increased Release of Host Volatiles from Feeding Scars: A Major Cause of Field Aggregation in the Pine WeevilHylobius abietis(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
作者:
David A. Tilles,
GÖRan Nordlander,
Henrik Nordenhem,
Hubertus H. Eidmann,
Ann-Britt Wassgren,
Gunnar BergstrÖM,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 5
页码: 1050-1054
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1093/ee/15.5.1050
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: aggregation;host odors;terpenes;aggregation pheromone;Hylobius abietis
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Field tests were conducted withHylobius abietis(L.) in Sweden during 1982 and 1983 to study how weevils feeding on host material affect attractivity of this host material to otherH. abietisPitfall traps baited with a combination of male or female weevils and cut stems of Scots pine caught more weevils of both sexes than pine alone. Weevils of either sex were not attractive in absence of host material. Attractivity of ground phloem containing weevil frass was not significantly different from that of ground phloem alone. In a laboratory test, feeding by weevils of either sex on pine about doubled the release of monoterpene hydrocarbons and ethanol compared with pine alone. Existence of an aggregation pheromone could not be confirmed. We suggest that weevil aggregations are formed in response to host volatiles and that weevil feeding increases amounts of these volatiles released.
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