sexual behavior and offspring of the moth Spodoptera littoralis Malaysia

  • sexual behavior and offspring of the moth Spodoptera littoralis Malaysia
  • sexual behavior and offspring of the moth Spodoptera littoralis Malaysia
  • sexual behavior and offspring of the moth Spodoptera littoralis Malaysia
  • Do ecdysteroids modulate sex pheromone detection in noctuid moths?
  • Here, we investigated the effects of DEHP on the sexual behavior and physiology of a pest insect, the noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis. In this nocturnal species, olfaction is crucial for sexual behavior, and ecdysteroids at the antennal level have been shown to modulate sex pheromone detection by males.
  • How does mating affect sex-specific reproduction and Soma maintenance?
  • Mating also induced large scale transcriptional changes on genes related to reproduction and soma maintenance in S. frugiperda males and females, and the change pattern is related to sex-specific postmating behavioral changes and the difference on reproductive systems between males and females.
  • Do noctuid moths mate?
  • In the noctuid moths of Agrotis ipsilon [ 55] and S. littoralis [ 57 ], mating in males temporarily abolished neuronal and olfactory responses to the female sex pheromone. A recent study in A. ipsilon further revealed that Neuroligin 1 expression is linked to plasticity of behavioral and neuronal responses to the sex pheromone in males [ 58 ].
  • Does mating affect moth behavior?
  • However, the identification of Acps and their receptors, particularly functional evidence, is scarce or limited in many other insect species. In Lepidoptera, several studies have shown that mating also results in marked changes in the behavior and physiology of adult moths, particularly in females [ 23, 24, 25, 26 ].
  • Why do male and female lepidopterans copulate more than once?
  • Previous studies in other lepidopterans also found that both males and females seldom copulated more than once during the same scotophase, such as A. ipsilon [ 55] and S. litura [ 59 ]. This may also mainly be due to the above mentioned mating-induced suppression of sexual receptivity in both sexes.
  • Why do moths have long ductus seminalis?
  • This may be because female moths usually have a long ductus seminalis (the duct connecting between the bursa copulatrix and spermatheca), and sperm migration from the spermatophore to the spermatheca, and sperm maturation in spermatheca, usually needs quite a few hours [ 60, 61 ].

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