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4. Evolutionary Patterns of Pheromone Diversity in Lepidoptera

  • Christer Löfstedt , Niklas Wahlberg and Jocelyn G. Millar
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Pheromone Communication in Moths
This chapter is in the book Pheromone Communication in Moths
© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
  4. PART ONE
  5. 1. Reminiscence of the Early Days 1
  6. 2. Pheromones: Reproductive Isolation and Evolution in Moths 11
  7. 3. Variation in Moth Pheromones: Causes and Consequences 25
  8. 4. Evolutionary Patterns of Pheromone Diversity in Lepidoptera 43
  9. 5. Sexual Selection 79
  10. 6. Genetic Control of Moth Sex Pheromone Signal and Response 89
  11. 7. Contextual Modulation of Moth Pheromone Perception by Plant Odors 101
  12. 8. Toward a Quantitative Paradigm for Sex Pheromone Production in Moths 113
  13. 9. Molecular Biology of Reception 127
  14. 10. Moth Sex Pheromone Olfaction: Flux and Flexibility in the Coordinated Confluences of Visual and Olfactory Pathways 139
  15. 11. Moth Navigation along Pheromone Plumes 173
  16. 12. Male Pheromones in Moths: Reproductive Isolation, Sexy Sons, and Good Genes 191
  17. PART TWO
  18. 13. Small Ermine Moths: Role of Pheromones in Reproductive Isolation and Speciation 211
  19. 14. Possible Reproductive Character Displacement in Saturniid Moths in the Genus Hemileuca 225
  20. 15. The European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis: Exotic Pest and Model System to Study Pheromone Evolution and Speciation 233
  21. 16. Divergence of the Sex Pheromone Systems in “Oriental” Ostrinia species 245
  22. 17. Utetheisa ornatrix (Erebidae, Arctiinae): A Case Study of Sexual Selection 259
  23. 18. Pheromone Communication, Behavior, and Ecology in the North American Choristoneura genus 265
  24. 19. The Endemic New Zealand Genera Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix: A Down-Under Story of Leafroller Moth Sex Pheromone Evolution and Speciation 277
  25. 20. Evolution of Reproductive Isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda 291
  26. 21. Pheromones of Heliothine Moths 301
  27. PART THREE
  28. 22. Monitoring for Surveillance and Management 337
  29. 23. Pheromones as Management Tools: Mass Trapping and Lure-and-Kill 349
  30. 24. Mating Disruption of Moth Pests in Integrated Pest Management: A Mechanistic Approach 365
  31. INDEX 395
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520964433-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii
  4. PART ONE
  5. 1. Reminiscence of the Early Days 1
  6. 2. Pheromones: Reproductive Isolation and Evolution in Moths 11
  7. 3. Variation in Moth Pheromones: Causes and Consequences 25
  8. 4. Evolutionary Patterns of Pheromone Diversity in Lepidoptera 43
  9. 5. Sexual Selection 79
  10. 6. Genetic Control of Moth Sex Pheromone Signal and Response 89
  11. 7. Contextual Modulation of Moth Pheromone Perception by Plant Odors 101
  12. 8. Toward a Quantitative Paradigm for Sex Pheromone Production in Moths 113
  13. 9. Molecular Biology of Reception 127
  14. 10. Moth Sex Pheromone Olfaction: Flux and Flexibility in the Coordinated Confluences of Visual and Olfactory Pathways 139
  15. 11. Moth Navigation along Pheromone Plumes 173
  16. 12. Male Pheromones in Moths: Reproductive Isolation, Sexy Sons, and Good Genes 191
  17. PART TWO
  18. 13. Small Ermine Moths: Role of Pheromones in Reproductive Isolation and Speciation 211
  19. 14. Possible Reproductive Character Displacement in Saturniid Moths in the Genus Hemileuca 225
  20. 15. The European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis: Exotic Pest and Model System to Study Pheromone Evolution and Speciation 233
  21. 16. Divergence of the Sex Pheromone Systems in “Oriental” Ostrinia species 245
  22. 17. Utetheisa ornatrix (Erebidae, Arctiinae): A Case Study of Sexual Selection 259
  23. 18. Pheromone Communication, Behavior, and Ecology in the North American Choristoneura genus 265
  24. 19. The Endemic New Zealand Genera Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix: A Down-Under Story of Leafroller Moth Sex Pheromone Evolution and Speciation 277
  25. 20. Evolution of Reproductive Isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda 291
  26. 21. Pheromones of Heliothine Moths 301
  27. PART THREE
  28. 22. Monitoring for Surveillance and Management 337
  29. 23. Pheromones as Management Tools: Mass Trapping and Lure-and-Kill 349
  30. 24. Mating Disruption of Moth Pests in Integrated Pest Management: A Mechanistic Approach 365
  31. INDEX 395
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