Demonstration of sex pheromones in caddisflies (Trichoptera)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1984 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Journal of Chemical Ecology, volume 10, pages 171-175 (issn: 0098-0331, eissn: 1573-1561,

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Authors: J R, Wood; V H, Resh;

doi: 10.1007/bf00987654

pmid: 24318239

Demonstration of sex pheromones in caddisflies (Trichoptera)

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Field tests with live, caged females and whole-body extracts of females of the caddisflyGumaga griseola (McLachlan) (Trichoptera: Sericostomatidae) demonstrate, for the first time, the existence of a chemically mediated sexual communication system in this insect order. Both live females and extracts are significantly more attractive to conspecific males than either empty control traps or traps baited withGumaga nigricula (McLachlan) females. Anatomical structures suggest that semiochemicals are widespread in Trichoptera.

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