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ABDOMINAL MUSCULATURE IN RELATION TO SEX PHEROMONE GLAND EVERSION IN FEMALES OF THREE SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Jean Percy  and
John A. George
Jean Percy
Affiliation:
Forest Pest Management Institute, Canadian Forestry Service, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5M7
John A. George
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 3K7
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Abstract

The posterior apophyses in terminal abdominal segments of female moths form part of the sex pheromone gland in each of three species examined (Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) (Tortricidae), Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Noctuidae), Orgyia leucosligma (J.E. Smith) (Lymantriidae)). Four groups of paired dorsolateral muscles are attached to the anterior or posterior apophysis and the integument. An additional group is attached to the anterior and posterior apophyses. The probable relationship of these muscles to the eversion, or protrusion, and inversion of sex pheromone glands is discussed.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 7 , July 1979 , pp. 817 - 825
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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