INFLUENCE OF DIET UPON THE COMPOSITION OF PHEROMONE VOLATILES IN GALLERIA-MELLONELLA (GREATER WAX MOTH) MALES

Authors
PONOMAREV VL VENDILO NV PLETNEV VA LEBEDEVA KV MELNIKOV NN
Citation
Vl. Ponomarev et al., INFLUENCE OF DIET UPON THE COMPOSITION OF PHEROMONE VOLATILES IN GALLERIA-MELLONELLA (GREATER WAX MOTH) MALES, Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology, 36(2), 1997, pp. 129-138
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,Biology,Physiology
Journal title
Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07394462
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
129 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0739-4462(1997)36:2<129:IODUTC>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The composition of pheromone volatiles from falling males of the great er wax moth Galleria mellonella reared on their native (ND) or artific ial (AD) diet was studied by GC-MS. The comparison of effluvium of two laboratory races of insects fed ND or AD was carried out for populati ons of greater wax moth from three regions of Russia. The experiments suggest that the AD changes the ratio and amounts of major components of pheromone, which are different for different regions. (C) 1997 Wile y-Liss, Inc.