Influence of diet upon the composition of pheromone volatiles in Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) males

✍ Scribed by V.L. Ponomarev; N.V. Vendilo; V.A. Pletnev; K.V. Lebedeva; N.N. Melnikov

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 128 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0739-4462
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1997)36:2<129::aid-arch5>3.0.co;2-q

✦ Synopsis

The composition of pheromone volatiles from calling males of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella reared on their native (ND) or artificial (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 populations 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. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 36:129-138, 1997.