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Summary. In the past decades, several studies have focused on the identification of feeding stimulants for specialists that feed on
solanaceous plants, especially potato (Solanum tuberosum). In the 1950's, a phagostimulant was isolated from potato and tomato for Manduca sexta and characterised as a glycoside. It was suggested that the phagostimulant for M. sexta and Leptinotarsa decemlineata is identical. We tested whether these insects indeed share the same recognition factor. Previous bioassays for L. decemlineata larvae and adults were found to be unsatisfactory, so a new assay system was developed, using starch and wheat flour-based
wafers as a neutral substrate. An aqueous extract of potato foliage that was highly active as a stimulant was fractionated
by reverse phase medium pressure liquid chromatography (MPLC). Both insects were stimulated by a MPLC fraction that eluted
with 25% methanol in water. Further separation of this and the following fraction (35% methanol, stimulatory for the beetle
only) by semi-preparative high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), using gradients of water and acetonitrile, resulted
in the isolation of two distinct fractions that stimulated feeding by L. decemlineata. None of the HPLC fractions was active for M. sexta. However, fractions of the flash chromatography with less polarity (45–75% methanol) had a stimulatory effect only on M. sexta. Thus, the two insects do not use a common feeding stimulant, and for both at least two compounds of different polarity are
active.
Received 3 July 2000; accepted 24 October 2000 相似文献
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Summary. We have isolated a caffeoylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid derivative, 3-caffeoyl-muco-quinic acid (3-CmQA), as a contact oviposition stimulant for the zebra swallowtail butterfly, Eruytides marcellus (Papilionidae), from the foliage of its primary host plant, Asimina triloba (Annonaceae). This compound alone was as active in stimulating oviposition by females as were the parent ethanolic plant
extract and the host plant itself. Other tested isomers of 3-CmQA, including 5-caffeoylquinic acid (5-CQA or trans-chlorogenic acid), were inactive. We found, however, that experienced female butterflies responded strongly to host volatiles,
which enhanced landing rates and hence oviposition.? This is the first report of an oviposition stimulant for a swallowtail
butterfly of the tribe Graphiini. We found 3-CmQA to be the major caffeoylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid isomer in plants of the genus Asimina. These plants lack appreciable amounts of 5-CQA, which has been shown previously to be one of the oviposition stimulants
for certain Rutaceae- or Apiaceae-feeding swallowtails of the related tribe Papilionini.? Our findings, along with earlier
results from the tribes Troidini and Papilionini, suggest that responses by swallowtails to hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives
as oviposition cues date back at least to the ancestor of the subfamily Papilioninae.
Received 24 March 1998; accepted 27 May 1998. 相似文献
3.
Summary. Sequestration of plant toxins in herbivores is often
correlated with aposematic coloration and gregarious behaviour. Larvae
of Pieris brassicae show these conspicuous morphological and behavioural
characteristics and were thus suggested to sequester glucosinolates that
are characteristic secondary metabolites of their host plants. P. rapaeare camouflaged and solitary, and are thus not expected to sequester. To
test this hypothesis and to check the repeatabi-lity of a study that did
report the presence of the glucosinolate sinigrin in P. brassicae,
larvae were reared on three species of Brassicaceae (Sinapis alba,
Brassica nigra and Barbarea stricta), and different leaf and insect
samples were taken for glucosinolate analysis. The major host plant
glucosinolates could only be found in traces or not at all in larval
haemolymph, bled or starved larvae, faeces or pupae of both species or
P. brassicae regurgitant. Haemolymph of both Pieris spp. was not
rejected by the ant Myrmica rubra in dual-choice assays; the regurgitant
of P. brassicae was rejected. This suggests the presence of compounds
other than glucosinolates that might be sequestered in or produced by P.
brassicae only. In faeces of both Pieris spp. a compound which yielded
4-hydroxybenzylcyanide (HBC) upon incubation with sulfatase was detected
in high concentrations when larvae had been reared on S. alba. This
compound may be derived from hydrolysis of sinalbin, the main
glucosinolate of that plant. The unidentified HBC progenitor was
apparently not sequestered in the two Pieris spp., and was not detected
in faeces of larvae reared on B. nigra or B. stricta.
Received 18 July 2002; accepted 11 September 2002. 相似文献
4.
Alkaloid tolerance in Manduca sexta and phylogenetically related sphingids (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Summary. Nicotine tolerance is well known for Manduca sexta. It also occurs in several other sphingids of the subfamilies Macroglossinae and Sphinginae. Only members of the subfamily
Smerinthinae appear to be more susceptible to nicotine intoxication. Phylogenetic trees have been reconstructed from mitochondrial
16S rDNA and nuclear DNA to map nicotine tolerance.?The nicotine binding site of both α-subunits of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) have been amplified and sequenced. No apparent amino acid substitution
can be seen in the putative nicotine binding site of the α-subunits of nAChR from nicotine tolerant and nicotine sensitive sphingids. Thus, a simple target-site modification can be
ruled out as a cause for nicotine tolerance. This finding agrees with feeding experiments: larvae of M. sexta and other sphingids of the Macroglossinae and Sphinginae not only tolerated nicotine, but also many other alkaloids that
affect neuroreceptors other than acetylcholine receptors (nAChR, mAChR).?Only 10 to 20% of nicotine injected into larvae of
nicotine-tolerant taxa could be recovered later as free nicotine, nicotine N-oxide or cotinine, i.e., 80 to 90% must have been converted to polar conjugates or degradation products which are not detectable with the methods
applied. Usually more than 98% of the recoverable alkaloids were found in the faeces. Excretion reached a maximum 6 h after
injection in tolerant taxa. Larvae of Manduca sexta, which were reared on a nicotine-rich diet, showed higher nicotine degradation and faster nicotine elimination than na?ve
larvae. Application of the cytochrome P450 inhibitor SKF 525A (proadifen) reduced the formation of nicotine N-oxide and the rate of alkaloid degradation. Thus, an
inducible detoxification mechanism, coupled with a rapid and inducible excretion, appear to be a strategy in Sphingidae that
helps them to live on host plants rich in otherwise toxic secondary metabolites.
Received 23 March 2001; accepted 4 August 2001. 相似文献
5.
Karen M. Kester Steven C. Peterson Frank Hanson D. Michael Jackson R. F. Severson 《Chemoecology》2002,12(1):1-10
Summary. Field observations indicated that hornworms select feeding sites non-randomly on tobacco. We tested the hypotheses that differences
in feeding site locations of larvae of Manduca
sexta L. and Manduca
quinquemaculata (Haworth) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) on tobacco could be explained by differential nicotine concentrations within plants and
leaves, species-specific responses to nicotine, or pressure exerted by natural enemies. Results showed that third-instar larvae
of M. sexta fed more proximally and centrally on the leaf, whereas M. quinquemaculata fed more distally. Within-plant selection of leaves did not differ; both species selected leaves in the middle region of
the plant. Nicotine concentrations in a high nicotine genotype, NC95, varied within each leaf, increasing 2—3 fold from the
basal to apical portion of the leaf, and within each plant, increasing 7—10 fold from the first fully expanded leaf to the
twelfth (lowest) leaf. In laboratory bioassays, both Manduca species responded to nicotine as a feeding deterrent. Electrophysiological studies demonstrated that gustatory organs of
both species responded to nicotine at concentrations found in tobacco leaves and that M. quinquemaculata generally showed a less vigorous response to nicotine than M. sexta. Field mortality of M. sexta due to parasitism by Cotesia
congregata (Say) and to parasitism and predation combined differed among feeding sites; predation alone did not. Results suggest that
although nicotine concentration and species specific responses to nicotine play a role in determining feeding site locations,
pressure exerted by natural enemies, especially parasitism by C. congregata, is more important.
Received 22 February 2000; accepted 20 July 2001. 相似文献
6.
Summary. Analysis of individuals of 17 troidine species demonstrated the presence of aristolochic acids in these butterflies in varying
concentrations. Although aristolochic acids do not occur in Aristolochia galeata leaves, they were present in Battus polydamas larvae reared on these leaves, and thus may be synthesized by the larvae from chemical precursors in the plant.
Received 17 August 1999; accepted 20 January 2000 相似文献
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Summary. Domestic apple (Malus pumila)- and hawthorn (Crataegus sp.)-infesting races of Rhagoletis pomonella, Walsh (Diptera: Tephritidae) provide an excellent model to examine the role that host plant specificity plays during sympatric
speciation (i.e., divergence in the absence of geographic isolation). Previous work has shown that these races differ in their propensities
to accept apple and hawthorn fruits in behavioral choice assays, and that this discrimination translates into "host fidelity"
in the field (i.e., apple flies tend to mate on and oviposit into apples and hawthorn flies on hawthorns). ?We present the results of a study
examining possible physiological factors contributing to host choice differences in R. pomonella. We tested whether apple and hawthorn flies differ in their electroantennogram (EAG) responses to biologically relevant volatile
compounds emitted from apples and hawthorns. Significant differences were found in the relative EAG responses of apple and
hawthorn flies to host fruit compounds at five of six paired study sites across the eastern United States. The geographic
pattern of EAG variation was complex, however, with local populations of apple and hawthorn flies tending to be more similar
to one another than to flies of the same race at distant sites. This pattern was largely due to EAG responses for several
compounds showing longitudinal or latitudinal clines, the latitudinal clines being similar to those observed for allozyme
loci in the host races. We also found evidence for sex-related differences, as males tended to have higher mean EAG responses
to compounds than females. Host-associated differences were therefore nested within geographic and sex-related differentiation
in R. pomonella.?Further behavioral studies are needed to distinguish whether the EAG differences are responsible for, as opposed to being
a consequence of, host-plant fidelity and adaptation. Crosses are also required to establish a genetic basis for the EAG responses,
although we did find significant correlations between EAG scores for several compounds and the allozymes NADH-Diaphorase-2
and Hydroxyacid dehydrogenase at one of the study sites. Questions therefore remain concerning the evolutionary significance
of the EAG response differences between apple and hawthorn fly races. Nevertheless, these differences raise the possibility
that antennal responses to fruit-related volatile compounds contribute to host plant discrimination in R. pomonella. Regardless, the EAG responses represent another set of traits, in addition to diapause/eclosion time phenotypes and allozyme
frequencies, differing between apple and hawthorn host races of R. pomonella.
Received 17 March 1998; accepted 21 September 1989. 相似文献
8.
Summary. Larvae of Chrysomela leaf beetles release for defence volatile compounds belonging to various chemical families. This study focuses on the defensive
strategy based on the esterification of isobutyric acid and 2-methylbutyric acid with a wide variety of alcohols taken up
from the host plant. To date, only two species are known to produce these repellents C. interrupta, which is associated with Betulaceae and C. lapponica which occurs either on Betulaceae or Salicaceae.? In order to know if other species have developed this chemical defence
and how the food plant influences the secretion of these toxins, we targeted by mass spectrometry the presence of iso- and
2-methylbutyric acids and esters of them in the defensive secretions of Chrysomela larvae exclusively associated with Betulaceae or Salicaceae. ?Screening analyses reveal that the synthesis of these compounds
is a common character restricted to all the members belonging to the C. interrupta group sensu Brown (1956) regardless of the host-plant family. These results suggest that the biochemical mechanism leading
to the synthesis of these compounds could be considered as a synapomorphy meaning that the group is probably monophyletic.
?Defensive secretions of the members of the interrupta group are quantitatively assayed for iso- and 2-methylbutyric acids
and their (Z)-3-hexenyl esters. Results reveal a chemical plasticity developed by Chrysomela species associated with Salicaceae. The amounts of iso- and 2-methylbutyric acids derivatives and of salicylaldehyde in their
larval secretions depend on the food plant and on its content in phenolglucosides.
Received 5 October 1998; accepted 25 November 1998. 相似文献
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Hiroe Yasui Sadao Wakamura Norio Arakaki Mitsunobu Kishita Yasutsune Sadoyama 《Chemoecology》2003,13(2):75-80
Summary. Ether extract of the abdominal gland of female black
chafers Holotrichia loochooana loochooana (Sawada) (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae) induced a series of pre-mating behaviors that included
short-distance orientation, mounting and abdominal bending toward
females in the laboratory. When the extract was chromatographed on a
silica gel column, the activity was eluted with 50% ether in hexane and
ether fractions. GC-MS analyses revealed that both the active fractions
contained anthranilic acid (2-aminobenzoic acid) as a major compound.
When partitioned to basic, acidic and amphoteric fractions, pheromonal
activity was observed with the latter two fractions and anthranilic acid
was detected in these fractions by HPLC analyses. The amount of
anthranilic acid in the female extract was estimated to be ca. 1.3
μg/female. Authentic anthranilic acid induced pre-mating behavior in
males of at levels equal to that elicited by the compound in the
extract. It also attracted male beetles to the traps in the field.
Received 29 October 2002; accepted 9 January 2003.
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Correspondence to:Hiroe Yasui, e-mail:yasui@affrc.go.jp 相似文献
10.
Summary. Young larvae of Adalia bipunctata search an area more intensively when exposed to the odour from other larvae feeding on aphids than when exposed only to the
odour of aphids. In an olfactometer young larvae were significantly attracted either to the odour of crushed aphids or larvae
feeding on aphids, but not to that of aphids, larvae, larvae plus aphids or larvae feeding on an artificial diet. That is,
the change in searching behaviour appears in response to a volatile released by aphids when attacked. The odour released by
crushed aphids is made up entirely of aphid alarm pheromone, β-farnesene. It is likely that the adaptive significance of this
response is that it increases the ability of larvae to locate larvae that have already caught prey. By sharing the aphid kill
of another larva it is likely that a first instar ladybird larva greatly increases its probability of surviving to the next
instar. It is suggested that this social feeding is facilitated by egg clustering, which also may additionally account for
why aphidophagous ladybirds lay their eggs in clusters.
Received 28 February 2000; accepted 24 March 2000 相似文献
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A sex pheromone component novel to Ostrinia identified from Ostrinia latipennis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Takuma Takanashi Suguru Ohno Yongping Huang Sadahiro Tatsuki Hiroshi Honda Yukio Ishikawa 《Chemoecology》2000,10(3):143-147
Summary. Extracts from the sex pheromone gland of Ostrinia latipennis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) were analyzed by gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry.
Only an EAD-active compound was detected in the extract, and it was identified as (E)-11-tetradecenol (E11-14:OH). In a wind-tunnel bioassay, E11-14:OH elicited a series of mate finding behaviors from males, although it was far less active than virgin females and crude
extract of the pheromone gland. The attractiveness of E11-14:OH to O. latipennis males was confirmed by field trapping experiments. Based on these findings, we concluded that E11-14:OH, which is novel to the genus Ostrinia, is a major component of the sex pheromone in O. latipennis. The significance of the use of alcohol in place of the usual acetates in Ostrinia is discussed in relation to the pheromone biosynthesis system.
Received 9 December 1999; accepted 14 March 2000 相似文献
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Summary. It has long been assumed that the North American pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor (L.) (Papilionidae, Troidini), is protected from natural enemies by aristolochic acids sequestered from its Aristolochia food plants. This study confirmed that populations of B. philenor from Virginia and east Texas sequester these compounds. A comparison of the aristolochic acid profiles of the Virginia butterflies
and their A. macrophylla food plants revealed several differences. The aristolochic acid fraction of the foliage was dominated by aristolochic acids
I and II, whereas the insects had a much lower proportion of aristolochic acid II and contained, in addition, substantial
amounts of aristolochic acids Ia and IVa, which were not detected in the plants. The eggs, larval integument, osmeterial glands,
pupal cuticle, and adults (wings and bodies) all contained aristolochic acids. These findings help explain the abundant ecological
data indicating that both immature and adult B. philenor are unpalatable and protected from natural enemies.
Received 7 April 2000; accepted 31 May 2000 相似文献
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Patrizia D''Ettorre Christine Errard Fernando Ibarra Wittko Francke Abraham Hefetz 《Chemoecology》2000,10(3):135-142
Summary. The dulotic queen ant, Polyergus rufescens, must first penetrate a host colony and kill the resident queen in order to successfully founding a new colony. Successful
usurpation by a newly mated queen predictably depends on a dual strategy. Although, it can sneak in by being “chemically insignificant”
with respect to cuticular hydrocarbons, it may also need to deter prospective host-worker aggressors. Chemical analysis of
Dufour's gland secretion of P. rufescens queens and workers by GS/MS revealed that queen secretion is typified by esters of butanoic acid and acetic acid, of which
decyl butanoate comprises over 80%. Butanoates and acetates are also present in the workers' secretion, but these are of higher
molecular weight, and octadecyl butanoate represents the major compound. Using synthetic mixtures of queen and worker Dufour's
gland, we tested the hypothesis that these secretions modify the aggressive behavior of the host species Formica cunicularia>. The queen-like synthetic mixture significantly reduced aggression of the host workers towards alien conspecifics, but neither
pentane nor the worker-like synthetic mixture showed this effect. Although Dufour's gland content of >Polyergus queens was suggested to function as an appeasement pheromone (Topoff et al. 1988; Mori et al. 2000), we hypothesized that it may in fact act as a repellent. In order to test this hypothesis we exposed starved F. cunicularia workers to a droplet of honey on a glass slide applied with one of the following compounds: decyl butanoate (queen major
compound), octadecyl butanoate (worker main compound), limonene (a reported ant repellent), and pentane (solvent control).
Of these, the workers were repelled only by the decyl butanoate and did not approach the honey. We conclude that during usurpation
the queen actively repels aggressive workers by emitting Dufour's gland repellent, comprising the alternative tactic in the
usurpation dual strategy. This represents another chemical weapon in the diverse arsenal used by parasites to overcome the
host's resistance.
Received 7 April 2000; accepted 17 May 2000 相似文献
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Anne Lyytinen Leena Lindström Johanna Mappes Riitta Julkunen–Tiitto Sergey R. Fasulati Kari Tiilikkala 《Chemoecology》2007,17(1):51-56
Summary. Many studies investigating effects of plant chemicals on herbivore performance have reported contradictory results, perhaps
because of possible interaction between different chemicals. Also, a herbivore’s performance is not necessarily consistent
with its food or oviposition preference. Our aim was to investigate simultaneously antibiosis (larval growth and survival)
and antixenosis (oviposition and feeding preferences) responses in herbivore to three plant chemicals, of which one is expected
to have positive and two are expected to have negative effects. Antibiosis was measured by correlating the nitrogen and glycoalkaloid
levels in host plants to the survival and adult size of Leptinotarsa decemlineata, by rearing larvae on whole plants of three potato varieties. Although host plants differed in their glycoalkaloid levels,
survival rate and adult body size did not differ among beetles reared on different potato varieties. This suggests that beetles
are quite robust for differences in both foliar α-chaconine and foliar α-solanine content. However, differences in antixenosis
were found although they could not be directly predicted from the leaf chemistry. Females preferred to lay their eggs on the
variety with high α-solanine content (Nevsky) towards which males showed a tendency to feeding preference. Overall, our results
confirm that beetles are well adapted to the chemical defences of potato plants as potato varieties did not significantly
affect beetle performance, but differences in oviposition preference may still result in major differences in the amount of
damage inflicted on plants in the fields. 相似文献
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Summary. An aphidiid wasp, Paralipsis eikoae, was associated with both Lasius niger and L. sakagamii attending the wormwood root aphid Sappaphis piri. An L. sakagamii worker was observed carrying a winged female P. eikoae to its nest with its mandible, but it did not kill the wasp. Once accepted by the ants, the wasp often mounted and rubbed
against the worker ants and sometimes teased them to regurgitate food to itself. No workers in the colony attacked the wasp.
Conspecific foreign workers, however, viciously attacked the wasp when encountered. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyses
showed that the accepted wasp had complex cuticular hydrocarbons that were very similar to those of its host ants, whereas
the winged wasps collected outside the ant nest showed only a series of n-alkanes. Additionally, the accepted wasp had a hydrocarbon profile closer to that of its host ants than to the conspecific
foreign ants. We believe the wasp mimics ant cuticular hydrocarbons to integrate into the ant nest, acquiring the hydrocarbons
by mounting and rubbing against the ants. In contrast, the cuticular hydrocarbons of the emerged wasp contained larval and
pupal hydrocarbons of L. sakagamii that were also similar to those of L. niger. Both ant species rejected adult workers of the other species but accepted their larvae and pupae. We suggest that the emerged
P. eikoae mimics the cuticular hydrocarbons of these Lasius larvae and pupae, which allows P. eikoae to be accepted by both L. sakagamii and L. niger.
Received 11 March 1998; accepted 22 July 1998. 相似文献
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Summary. A recent investigation showed that the brown seaweed Dictyota menstrualis was unfouled relative to co-occurring seaweeds, and that larvae of fouling invertebrates avoided settling on D. menstrualis due to chemicals on its surface. The secondary metabolites dictyol E and pachydictyol A are among the compounds found on
this alga's surface. In the present study, we tested the effects of specific diterpenes from Dictyota on the survivorship, growth, and development of invertebrate larvae and developing juveniles that could foul seaweeds. Exposure
to dictyol E, dictyol B acetate, pachydictyol A, and dictyodial from Dictyota menstrualis and D. ciliolata caused significant larval mortality, abnormal development, and reduce growth rates for three species of co-occurring invertebrates
when their larvae were forced into contact with these metabolites. Larvae were damaged at metabolite concentrations as low
as 5% of maximum possible surface concentrations of these compounds for the populations of Dictyota we studied. The negative effects of these secondary metabolites on potential foulers, in conjunction with data demonstrating
larval avoidance of dictyol-covered surfaces, suggest that these compounds could function as chemical defenses against fouling,
and could select for larvae that avoid hosts producing these metabolites.
Received 25 May 1998; accepted 22 June 1998. 相似文献
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Jacques M. Pasteels Arnaud Termonia Donald M. Windsor Ludger Witte Claudine Theuring Thomas Hartmann 《Chemoecology》2001,11(3):113-120
Summary. Field collected exocrine defensive secretions of nine neotropical Platyphora species were analyzed for the presence of plant acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and pentacyclic triterpene saponins.
All species secrete saponins. In addition, five species feeding on Tournefortia (Boraginaceae), Koanophyllon (Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae) and Prestonia (Apocynaceae) were shown to sequester PAs of the lycopsamine type, which are characteristic for species of the three plant
families. The PA sequestering species commonly store intermedine, lycopsamine and their O3′-acetyl or propionyl esters as well as O7- and O9-hydroxyisovaleryl esters of retronecine. The latter as well as the O3′-acyl esters were not found in the beetles’ host plants, suggesting the ability of the beetles to esterify plant derived retronecine
and intermedine or its stereoisomers. Despite the conformity of the beetles’ PA patterns, considerable inconsistencies exist
regarding the PA patterns of the respective host plants. One host plant was devoid of PAs, while another contained only simple
necines. Since the previous history of the field collected beetles was unknown this discrepancy remains obscure. In contrast
to the Palearctic chrysomeline leaf beetles, e.g. some Oreina species which ingest and store PAs as their non-toxic N-oxides, Platyphora leaf beetles absorb and store PAs as the toxic free base (tertiary PA), but apparently avoid to accumulate PAs in the haemolymph.
This suggests that Chrysolina and Platyphora leaf beetles developed different lines of adaptations in their parallel evolution of PA mediated chemical defense.
Received 30 November 2000; accepted 5 February 2001 相似文献
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Yorianta?Sasaerila Regine?Gries Gerhard?Gries Grigori?Khaskin Skip?King Stephen?Takács Hardi?) 《Chemoecology》2003,13(2):89-93
Summary. During peak calling activity by male oil palm bunch
moths, Tirathaba mundella Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), their
hairpencils, wings or entire body were extracted in hexane. Gas
chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) analyses of
hair pencil extracts revealed four compounds that consistently elicited
responses from female antennae. The NMR spectrum of isolated compound 1,
and mass spectra and retention indices of compounds 1–4 suggested that
they were (3S,6S)-2,2,6-trimethyl-6-vinyl-tetrahydro-pyran-3-ol (1),
4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzaldehyde (2, vanillin),
6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone (3), and
6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanol (4). Comparative GC and GC-MS analyses
of hair pencils extract and synthetic standards confirmed these
structural assignments. Moreover, comparative chromatography of
synthetic and hairpencil-isolated 1 on a Cyclodex-B column (which
separated the four stereoisomers with baseline resolution) revealed that
male T. mundella produce the SS-stereoisomer (SS-1). In field cage
bioassay experiments in Palembang, Indonesia, synthetic SS-1 and
vanillin in combination, but not singly, attracted female T. mundella.
SS-1 plus vanillin were as effective as male T. mundella in attracting
females. Compounds 3 and 4 did not enhance the blend's attractiveness.
Received October 11 2002; accepted March 14, 2003.
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Correspondence to: Gerhard Gries, email: gries@sfu.ca 相似文献
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Summary. Research on insect migration has justifiably emphasized females – the so-called “oogenesis-flight syndrome”– since it is
the females that place the eggs into new habitats. The large and small milkweed bugs, Oncopeltus fasciatus and Lygaeus kalmii, respectively, have featured prominently in studies of insect migration and sequestration of host plant toxins for chemical
defense. Here we report that males of these species, and males of another well-studied lygaeine (Neacoryphus bicrucis), produce pheromones in glands usually considered to serve only a defensive role in Heteroptera (the metathoracic scent glands),
and that these pheromones are exploited by a tachinid parasitoid as a host-finding kairomone. The pheromones are mixtures
of C6 and C8 saturated and unsaturated esters reminiscent of lepidopteran pheromones, and the key compound of the O. fasciatus pheromone has now been correctly identified as (E)-2,7-octadienyl acetate. It is proposed that the concept of the oogenesis-flight syndrome for these kinds of insects should
accommodate the role of males in the migration process. The hypothesis is presented that male-produced pheromones play a significant
role in guiding colonization of new habitats in many heteropteran species. In addition, data are presented suggesting that
there is a trade-off between the amount of pheromone produced by colonizing males and the host breadth of the species.
Received 21 December 1998; accepted 15 February 1999. 相似文献
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Mother really knows best: host choice of adult phytophagous insect females reflects a within-host variation in suitability as larval food 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Anders Wennström Lena Niemi Hjulström Joakim Hjältén Riitta Julkunen-Tiitto 《Chemoecology》2010,20(1):35-42
Non-random distribution patterns of specialized phytophagous insects on their hosts may depend on intraspecific differences
in plant tissue quality, including nutrients and secondary compounds. Secondary compounds are involved in plant resistance,
but are also important for the recognition and acceptability of plants as resources by specialized insects. If individuals
within a plant species vary in their content of such secondary substances, there may also be qualitative differences between
them. In such cases, natural selection will favor insects with the ability to distinguish and prefer the more suitable plants.
In Sweden, the leaf beetle Gonioctena linnaeana Schrank (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) is highly specialized on one host, the native willow Salix triandra L (Salicaceae). Field observations reveal that some host plants in a population harbor many feeding larvae, causing severe
defoliation, whereas neighboring plants may have few or no feeding larvae. Our hypothesis is that the distribution pattern
of G. linnaeana larvae in this population results from qualitative differences between individual host plants in combination with the ability
of G. linnaeana females to distinguish between plants that are suitable and not suitable for offspring performance. We examine whether larval
survival differs depending on diet and whether the content of secondary chemical compounds explains female preference. Based
on the higher survival rate of larvae reared on leaves from preferred hosts, we conclude that G. linnaeana females have evolved a behavior that maximizes offspring performance and thus positively affects female fitness. A chemical
survey of the plants indicates that luteolin-7-glucoside and an unidentified flavonoid are important for separating the preferred
from the non-preferred plants. 相似文献