Chemical ecology and management of dengue vectors

B Torto, DP Tchouassi - Annual review of entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Dengue, caused by the dengue virus, is the most widespread arboviral infectious disease of
public health significance globally. This review explores the communicative function of …

Not just from blood: mosquito nutrient acquisition from nectar sources

E Barredo, M DeGennaro - Trends in Parasitology, 2020 - cell.com
Anthropophilic female mosquitoes are well known for their strong attraction to human hosts,
but plant nectar is a common energy source in their diets. When sugar sources are scarce …

Mosquito attractants

L Dormont, M Mulatier, D Carrasco… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - Springer
Vector control and personal protection against anthropophilic mosquitoes mainly rely on the
use of insecticides and repellents. The search for mosquito-attractive semiochemicals has …

Olfactory systems across mosquito species

M Wheelwright, CR Whittle, O Riabinina - Cell and Tissue Research, 2021 - Springer
There are 3559 species of mosquitoes in the world (Harbach 2018) but, so far, only a
handful of them have been a focus of olfactory neuroscience and neurobiology research …

Mosquito phytophagy–sources exploited, ecological function, and evolutionary transition to haematophagy

DAH Peach, G Gries - Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
For a very long time, mosquitoes have been known or suspected to consume plant liquids.
Recently eclosed mosquitoes cannot survive long without consuming sugary plant liquids …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of diet on mosquito life history traits and pathogen transmission

L Carvajal-Lago, MJ Ruiz-López, J Figuerola… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The environment, directly and indirectly, affects many mosquito traits in both the larval and
adult stages. The availability of food resources is one of the key factors influencing these …

Characterisation of the RNA Virome of Nine Ochlerotatus Species in Finland

PT Truong Nguyen, CL Culverwell, MT Suvanto… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
RNA viromes of nine commonly encountered Ochlerotatus mosquito species collected
around Finland in 2015 and 2017 were studied using next-generation sequencing. Mosquito …

Species-specific induction of plant volatiles by two aphid species in apple: real time measurement of plant emission and attraction of lacewings in the wind tunnel

Z Badra, S Larsson Herrera, L Cappellin… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - Springer
Upon damage by herbivores, plants release herbivory-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). To
find their prey, the pest's natural enemies need to be fine-tuned to the composition of these …

Behavioural and Electrophysiological Responses of Female Anopheles gambiae Mosquitoes to Volatiles from a Mango Bait

FC Meza, JM Roberts, IS Sobhy, FO Okumu… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Attractive Toxic Sugar Baits (ATSB) are used in a “lure-and-kill” approach for
management of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, but the active chemicals were …

Volatiles from male honeydew excretions attract conspecific male spotted lanternflies, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)

H Faal, LR Meier, IJ Canlas, K Murman… - Frontiers in Insect …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The spotted lanternfly (SLF), Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), is a generalist
phloem feeder that produces copious amounts of honeydew, which in turn coats the …