TRAIL AND ARENA MARKING BY CATERPILLARS OF ARCHIPS-CERASIVORANUS (LEPIDOPTERA, TORTRICIDAE)

被引:18
作者
FITZGERALD, TD
机构
[1] Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, 13045, New York
关键词
ARCHIPS-CERASIVORANUS; YPONOMEUTA-CAGNAGELLA; TRAIL FOLLOWING; SILK; TRAIL PHEROMONE; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;
D O I
10.1007/BF00984891
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The activity of Archips cerasivoranus caterpillars is largely limited to their colonial silk web and trails. Silk pulled directly from the spinnerets of caterpillars and wound onto paper strips to form artificial trails elicited locomotion from the larvae. Trails made from extracts of silk and silk glands also elicited locomotion. These and other observations reported hem indicate that the caterpillars are responsive to a water-soluble pheromone that is a component of the silk strand. Marker pheromones appear not to be secreted from other regions of the body, as has been reported for some other trail-following caterpillars.
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页码:1479 / 1489
页数:11
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