Will climate change affect insect pheromonal communication?

A Boullis, C Detrain, F Francis, FJ Verheggen - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•All steps that pheromone has to pass by are likely to be affected by climate
change.•Insects relying on long-range signalling will be among the most impacted.•The …

The scent chemistry of butterflies

S Ehlers, S Schulz - Natural Product Reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1990 up to 2022 Contrary to popular opinion, butterflies exhibit a rich chemistry
and elaborate use of volatile compounds, especially for sexual communication, but also for …

Sex pheromone communication in an insect parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae Uchida

H Guo, BT Mo, GC Li, ZL Li, LQ Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Sex pheromones are pivotal for insect reproduction. However, the mechanism of sex
pheromone communication remains enigmatic in hymenopteran parasitoids. Here we have …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular evolution of the odorant and gustatory receptor genes in lepidopteran insects: implications for their adaptation and speciation

P Engsontia, U Sangket, W Chotigeat… - Journal of Molecular …, 2014 - Springer
Lepidoptera (comprised of butterflies and moths) is one of the largest groups of insects,
including more than 160,000 described species. Chemoreception plays important roles in …

Functional characterization of sex pheromone receptors in Spodoptera frugiperda, S. exigua, and S. litura moths

S Zhang, F Liu, B Yang, Y Liu, GR Wang - Insect Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Moths possess an extremely sensitive and diverse sex pheromone processing system, in
which pheromone receptors (PRs) are essential to ensure communication between mating …

Analysis of Tea Geometrid (Ectropis grisescens) Pheromone Gland Extracts Using GC-EAD and GC×GC/TOFMS

T Ma, Q Xiao, YG Yu, C Wang, CQ Zhu… - Journal of agricultural …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The tea geometrid, Ectropis grisescens Warren, is one of the most severe defoliator insect
pests in tea plantations, China. The use of insecticides, etc., is forbidden on organic tea …

Semiochemicals containing lepidopteran sex pheromones: Wonderland for a natural product chemist

T Ando, M Yamamoto - Journal of Pesticide Science, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Since the first identification of bombykol, sex pheromones of about 700 moth species have
been elucidated. Additionally, field evaluations of synthetic pheromones and their related …

Chiral methyl-branched pheromones

T Ando, R Yamakawa - Natural product reports, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to October 2014 Insect pheromones are some of the most interesting natural
products because they are utilized for interspecific communication between various insects …

Identification of a unique three‐component sex pheromone produced by the tea black tussock moth, Dasychira baibarana (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae)

FH Magsi, Z Li, X Cai, M Yamamoto… - Pest Management …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The tea black tussock moth Dasychira baibarana Matsumura is a
devastating pest in tea plantations that causes substantial economic losses. Presently, there …

Long Chain Alcohols Produced by Trichoderma citrinoviride Have Phagodeterrent Activity against the Bird Cherry-Oat Aphid Rhopalosiphum padi

S Ganassi, P Grazioso, A De Cristofaro… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In this study we report the effects of fungal metabolites isolated from cultures of the fungus
Trichoderma citrinoviride ITEM 4484 on the feeding preference of the aphid Rhopalosiphum …