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The roles of juvenile hormone and biogenic amines on pheromone response plasticity and diapause termination in male Caloptilia fraxinella
Author(s) -
Lemmen Joelle K.,
Evenden Maya L.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
entomologia experimentalis et applicata
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.765
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1570-7458
pISSN - 0013-8703
DOI - 10.1111/eea.12391
Subject(s) - pheromone , juvenile hormone , diapause , methoprene , biology , sex pheromone , endocrinology , medicine , octopamine (neurotransmitter) , zoology , hormone , botany , serotonin , biochemistry , larva , receptor
In insects that exhibit a period of delayed reproduction, the timing of mating and reproduction is controlled by environmental conditions that regulate endogenous factors such as hormones and biogenic amines ( BA s). C aloptilia fraxinella ( E ly) ( L epidoptera: G racillariidae) undergoes a 9‐month reproductive diapause from adult eclosion in the summer until diapause termination the following spring when adults mate. Male response to female sex pheromone is plastic, and is most acute when moths are reproductively active. The aim of this study is to further elucidate the mechanisms involved in the regulation of male response to pheromone in C . fraxinella , and to test whether the application of BA s with and without a juvenile hormone analogue ( JHA ) to males in different physiological states impacts pheromone responsiveness, as measured by electroantennogram and wind tunnel bioassays. Treatment of male C . fraxinella in reproductive diapause with one application of a JHA induces the highest subsequent pheromone response in the fall, but does not alter pheromone response earlier in reproductive diapause in the summer. The JHA s methoprene and pyriproxyfen similarly enhance pheromone response in the fall. Treatment with methoprene alone or in combination with one of the BA s octopamine, dopamine or serotonin increases male pheromone responsiveness in the fall. The increase in pheromone response can be attributed to methoprene only, as treatment with any of the BA s alone does not enhance male response to pheromone. Biogenic amine treatment lowers male responsiveness to pheromone in some experiments, indicating that there may be a role for BA s in maintaining low pheromone response during reproductive diapause in this species.

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