Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of Spodoptera littoralis caterpillars to attractive and repellent plant volatiles
In Lepidoptera, the behavior of caterpillars to plant odors is poorly known. However, caterpillars are equipped with a reduced number of olfactory sensilla (3 on the antenna and 4-5 on the maxillary palps) which they can use to make fine discrimination between complex plant odors. In this work, we c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2014.00005/full |