Calling Behavior of Manduca sexta (L.) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) with Notes on the Morphology of the Female Sex Pheromone Gland
Calling Behavior of Manduca sexta (L.) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) with Notes on the Morphology of the Female Sex Pheromone Gland
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Manduca sexta (L.)（鳞翅目：天蛾科）的叫声行为及雌性性信息素腺的形态学注释
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1988
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W. Conner
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H. Itagaki;W. Conner
研究了烟草天蛾Manduca sexta（L.）被描述并与信息素释放相关。羽化后的前七个晚上的呼叫时间的分布报告，女性往往开始呼吁更早，更长的时间，他们的年龄。在观察超过96小时的连续黑暗中，四个定期间隔的调用期间，看到的平均间隔为25.4小时的发现与昼夜节律的存在相一致。触角电位生物测定的部分女性腹部尖端确认的女性性信息素腺体的位置。最高的信息素活性被发现在该地区的腹膜的第九段，一个地区以前确定的组织学证据。用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜检查腺体。它是第九腹节的腹侧膜的变型，由单层立方形至柱状细胞组成，排列在角质层上。节间膜的表面被小刺覆盖，其中一些在其尖端似乎有液滴。第二个区域的腺体外观也被发现下面的肛门乳头的第九段。
The calling behavior of the female tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta (L.), is described and correlated with pheromone release. The distribution of calling times over the first seven evenings after eclosion is reported; the females tended to start calling earlier and for a longer period the older they were. During observations over 96 h of continuous darkness, four regularly spaced periods of calling were seen with a mean interval of 25.4 h—a finding consistent with the existence of a circadian rhythm. Electroantennogram bioassays of parts of the female abdominal tip confirm the location of the female sex pheromone gland. The highest pheromonal activity was found in the region of the ventral membrane of the ninth segment, an area previously identified on histological evidence. The gland was examined with light and scanning electron microscopy. It is a modification of the ventral membrane of the ninth abdominal segment and consists of a monolayer of cuboid to columnar cells lining the cuticle. The surface of the intersegmental membrane is covered by small spines, some of which appear to have droplets at their tips. A second area of glandular appearance also was found underlying the anal papillae of the ninth segment.