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Volatile compounds release by the hair pencils in male #Prophantis smaragdina# (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)

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Lavogez O., Pinier C., Nibouche S., Frérot B.
2017

Courtship behavior in several pyralid species is associated with the exposure to male hair pencils (HPs) or special scales that released volatile compounds. HP chemicals induce conspecific female and/or male behaviors and are therefore qualified as male pheromones. Preliminary observation on the coffee berry moth (CBM), Prophantis smaragdina Butler (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) mating ...

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