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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Longhorned beetle"”.
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The Influence of Chirality on the Behavioral Responses of Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to Volatile and Contact Pheromones
… influences the behavioral resposnses of longhorned beetles to volatile and contact pheromones. Structures of pheromones in the longhorned beetles generally fall along taxonomic lines, and various structural modifications such as functional groups and stereochemistry are used to grant …
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Chemically-Mediated Mate Location and Recognition in Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
… In this study, I test the hypothesis that adult longhorned beetles are attracted to volatile compounds emanating from larval host plants. Once on the larval host, the mating strategy is scramble and interference competition among males for females. I also find that large body size confers a …
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Investigating the lignocellulolytic gut microbiome of huhu grubs
New Zealand’s endemic longhorned beetle (Prionoplus reticularis) larvae, huhu grub, are xylophagous and feed on a broad range of dead trees. Since insects are not believed to have the ability to fully degrade lignocellulose, it is likely that microbes present in the gut assist in degrading …
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Host plant associations and chemical ecology of Cerambycidae
… species is of high importance. A number of longhorned beetle species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) are considered major pests worldwide. Longhorned beetles include some of the most damaging pests of woody plants and invasive species pose a serious threat to North American forests. The beetle …
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1-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)-1,2-propandione is a crucial pheromone component of the rare North American cerambycid beetle Dryobius sexnotatus
… pheromone component of several Asian species of longhorned beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae. Here, we report the first confirmed identification of this pyrrole as a pheromone component of a cerambycine species native to North America, the rare Dryobius sexnotatus Linsley. Headspace volatiles …
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Chemical communication in cerambycid beetles and the molecular basis of olfaction
Longhorned beetles of the insect family Cerambycidae are a highly diverse group of insects whose larvae bore into the stems of forbs and the wood and roots of trees, and the family contains numerous pests of agriculture, forestry, and structural timber. The reproductive biology of adult cerambycids …
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Seasonal and diel periodicity of Cerambycid beetles in east-central Illinois: the potential for cross attraction
… be considerable parsimony within the cerambycid beetle subfamily Cerambycinae in relation to pheromone biosynthesis and use. Aggregation pheromones, produced by the males, usually conform to a structural motif of a six-carbon chain with hydroxyl or carbonyl groups at C2 and C3, and closely …