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SEX ATTRACTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH, ANAGASTA KÜHNIELLA: LOCATION OF THE FEMALE BY THE MALE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. M. M. Traynier
R. M. M. Traynier
Affiliation:
British Columbia Research Council, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Abstract

When male Anagasta kühniella (Zell.) were released in a wind tunnel downwind of a scenting female they flew upwind, but on losing the scent made crosswind casts and thus located the female. Downwind casts were rare. In still air males approached females from below. Visual stimuli seemed to induce mating behaviour.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 1 , January 1968 , pp. 5 - 10
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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