Overview

Common among moths is a mate-finding system in which females emit a pheromone that induces males to fly upwind along the pheromone plume. Since the chemical pheromone of the domesticated silk moth was identified in 1959, a steady increase in the number of moth species whose pheromone attractants have been identified now results in a rich base for review and synthesis.   Pheromone Communication in Moths summarizes moth pheromone biology, covering the chemical structures used by the various lineages, signal production and perception, the genetic control of moth pheromone traits, interactions of pheromones with host-plant volatiles, pheromone dispersal and orientation, male pheromones and courtship, and the evolutionary forces that have likely shaped pheromone signals and their role in sexual selection. Also included are chapters on practical applications in the control and monitoring of pest species as well as case studies that address pheromone systems in a number of species and groups of closely allied species.    Pheromone Communication in Moths is an invaluable resource for entomologists, chemical ecologists, pest-management scientists, and professionals who study pheromone communication and pest management.

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Author:   Jeremy D. Allison ,  Ring T. Carde
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.451kg
ISBN:  

9780520278561

ISBN 10:   0520278569
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   25 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS PART ONE 1 Reminiscence of the Early Days WENDELL L. ROELOFS 2 Pheromones: Reproductive Isolation and Evolution in Moths JEREMY D. ALLISON AND RING T. CARDE 3 Variation in Moth Pheromones: Causes and Consequences JEREMY D. ALLISON AND RING T. CARDE 4 Evolutionary Patterns of Pheromone Diversity in Lepidoptera CHRISTER LOEFSTEDT, NIKLAS WAHLBERG, AND JOCELYN G. MILLAR 5 Sexual Selection MICHAEL D. GREENFIELD 6 Genetic Control of Moth Sex Pheromone Signal and Response KENNETH F. HAYNES 7 Contextual Modulation of Moth Pheromone Perception by Plant Odors TEUN DEKKER AND ROMINA B. BARROZO 8 Toward a Quantitative Paradigm for Sex Pheromone Production in Moths STEPHEN P. FOSTER 9 Molecular Biology of Reception WALTER S. LEAL 10 Moth Sex Pheromone Olfaction: Flux and Flexibility in the Coordinated Confl uences of Visual and Olfactory Pathways THOMAS C. BAKER AND BILL S. HANSSON 11 Moth Navigation along Pheromone Plumes RING T. CARDE 12 Male Pheromones in Moths: Reproductive Isolation, Sexy Sons, and Good Genes WILLIAM E. CONNER AND VIKRAM K. IYENGAR PART TWO 13 Small Ermine Moths: Role of Pheromones in Reproductive Isolation and Speciation MARJORIE A. LIENARD AND CHRISTER LOEFSTEDT 14 Possible Reproductive Character Displacement in Saturniid Moths in the Genus Hemileuca J. STEVEN McELFRESH AND JOCELYN G. MILLAR 15 The European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis: Exotic Pest and Model System to Study Pheromone Evolution and Speciation JEAN-MARC LASSANCE 16 Divergence of the Sex Pheromone Systems in Oriental Ostrinia species JUN TABATA AND YUKIO ISHIKAWA 17 Utetheisa ornatrix (Erebidae, Arctiinae): A Case Study of Sexual Selection VIKRAM K. IYENGAR AND WILLIAM E. CONNER 18 Pheromone Communication, Behavior, and Ecology in the North American Choristoneura genus PETER J. SILK AND ELDON S. EVELEIGH 19 The Endemic New Zealand Genera Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix: A Down-Under Story of Leafroller Moth Sex Pheromone Evolution and Speciation RICHARD D. NEWCOMB, BERND STEINWENDER, JEROME ALBRE, AND STEPHEN P. FOSTER 20 Evolution of Reproductive Isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda ASTRID T. GROOT, MELANIE UNBEHEND, SABINE HAENNIGER, MARIA LAURA JUAREZ, SILVIA KOST, AND DAVID G. HECKEL 21 Pheromones of Heliothine Moths N. KIRK HILLIER AND THOMAS C. BAKER PART THREE 22 Monitoring for Surveillance and Management D. M. SUCKLING 23 Pheromones as Management Tools: Mass Trapping and Lure-and-Kill ALAN CORK 24 Mating Disruption of Moth Pests in Integrated Pest Management: A Mechanistic Approach MAYA EVENDEN INDEX

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This is not just a rehash of what is known, but brings new information, and challenges, to the reader... I will sum up by saying congratulations to the editors, Jeremy Allison and Ring Carde for their efforts, and to all who are reading this, Please Purchase this Book!! * Journal of Chemical Ecology *

Author Information

Jeremy D. Allison is Research Scientist with Natural Resources Canada, Great Lakes Forestry Centre. Ring T. Carde is Distinguished Professor of Entomology and occupies the A.M. Boyce Chair at the University of California, Riverside.

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