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SEX ATTRACTION AND COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR IN LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA LUGUBROSA (LEPIDOPTERA: GEOMETRIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. P. Ostaff ,
R. F. Shepherd  and
J. H. Borden
D. P. Ostaff
Affiliation:
Pestology Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
R. F. Shepherd
Affiliation:
Pacific Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Victoria, British Columbia
J. H. Borden
Affiliation:
Pestology Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
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Abstract

Calling by female Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa (Hulst) occurred when terminal abdominal segments 8–10 were protracted, exposing an enlarged region in the intersegmental membrane between segments 8 and 9. Histological examination of this region disclosed paired glands situated ventrolaterally in the eighth segment. The glands were presumed to be pheromone glands, and differ from those described for other Lepidoptera, in their paired structure and ventrolateral position. More males were attracted to traps containing virgin females than to empty control traps, but only during the first half of the moth flight. Board and yellow carton sticky traps were superior to 3M and white carton traps. Behavioral observations suggested that the sex pheromone may serve as an excitant as well as, or instead of, an attractant, stimulating the male to searching activity.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 5 , May 1974 , pp. 493 - 501
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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