Pheromone communication in moths : evolution, behavior, and application / edited by Jeremy D. Allison and Ring T. Cardé.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reminiscence of the early days / Roelofs -- Pheromones : reproductive isolation and evolution in moths / Allison and Cardé -- Variation in moth pheromones : causes and consequences / Allison and Cardé -- Evolutionary patterns of pheromone diversity in Lepidoptera / Löfstedt, Wahlberg and Millar -- Sexual selection / Greenfield -- Genetic control of moth sex pheromone signal and response / Haynes -- Contextual modulation of moth pheromone perception by plant odors / Dekker and Barrozo -- Toward a quantitative paradigm for sex pheromone production in moths / Foster -- Molecular biology of reception / Leal -- Moth sex pheromone olfaction : flux and flexibility in the coordinated confluences of visual and olfactory pathways / Baker and Hansson -- Moth navigation along pheromone plumes / Cardé -- Male pheromones in moths : reproductive isolation, sexy sons, and good genes / Conner and Iyengar -- Small ermine moths : role of pheromones in reproductive isolation and speciation / Liénard and Löfstedt -- Possible reproductive character displacement in Saturniid moths in the genus Hemileuca / Millar and McElfresh -- The European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis : exotic pest and model system to study pheromone evolution and speciation / Lassance -- Divergence of the sex pheromone systems in "Oriental" Ostrinia species / Tabata and Ishikawa -- Utetheisa ornatrix (Erebidae, Arctiinae) : a case study of sexual selection / Iyengar and Conner -- Pheromone communication, behavior and ecology in the North American Choristoneura genus / Silk and Eveleigh -- The endemic New Zealand genera Ctenopseustis and Planotortrix : a down-under story of Leafroller moth sex pheromone evolution and speciation / Newcomb, Steinwender, Albre, and Foster -- Evolution of reproductive isolation of Spodoptera frugiperda / Groot, Unbehend, Hünniger, Juárez, Kost and Heckel -- Pheromones of Heliothine moths / Hillier and Baker -- Monitoring for surveillance and management / Suckling -- Pheromones as management tools : mass trapping and lure-and-kill / Cork -- Mating disruption of moth pests in integrated pest management : a mechanistic approach / Evenden.

"Common among moths is a mate-finding system in which females emit a pheromone, which induces males to fly upwind along the pheromone plume. Following the chemical identification of the pheromone of the domesticated silk moth in 1959, the number of moth species with identified pheromone attractants has climbed steadily, providing a rich base for review and synthesis. Pheromone Communication in Moths summarizes moth pheromone biology, including the chemical structures used by the various lineages, signal production and perception, the genetic control of moth pheromone traits, interactions of pheromones with host plant volatiles, pheromone dispersal and orientation, male pheromones and courtship, and the evolutionary forces that have likely shaped these pheromone signals and their role in sexual selection. Also included are chapters on practical applications in the control and monitoring of pest species as well as case studies of pheromone systems of a number of species and groups of closely allied species. Pheromone Communication in Moths will be an invaluable resource for entomologists, chemical ecologists, and pest management scientists, as well as for those studying pheromone communication and pest management"--Provided by publisher.

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