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STUDIES OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE ARTHROPOD SECRETIONS: I EVIDENCE FOR A SEX PHEROMONE IN FEMALE VITULA EDMANDSAE (LEPIDOPTERA: PHYCITIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. Weatherston  and
J. E. Percy
J. Weatherston
Affiliation:
Insect Pathology Research Institute, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
J. E. Percy
Affiliation:
Insect Pathology Research Institute, Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
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Abstract

Evidence is presented for the presence of a sex attractant in female Vitula edmandsae (Packard). The ability of the virgin female to attract the male varies with age, reaching a maximum 2 days after emergence.

The pheromone-producing gland is a ring-shaped structure formed by modification of the epidermal cells in the intersegmental membrane between the eighth and ninth abdominal segments.

Résumé

La femelle de Vitula edmandsae (Packard) (Lépidoptères : Phycitidées) produit du phéromone qui attire les mâles. La glande sécrétant cette substance n’est pas toujours active; elle atteint à un maximum deux jours après l’éclosion de l’adulte; elle a la forme d’un anneau produit par la modification des cellules épidermiques formant la membrane entre le huitième et le neuvième segment abdominal.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 100 , Issue 10 , October 1968 , pp. 1065 - 1070
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1968

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