Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) reared from the Chilean endemic Stevia philippiana (Asteraceae) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022 The micromoth fauna of the arid environments of the western slopes of central Andes remains poorly explored. Plants native to this area host overlooked species. A survey for micromoth larvae on the Chilean endemic Stevia philippiana Hieron.
Héctor Vargas
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Moth-inspired navigation algorithm in a turbulent odor plume from a pulsating source. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Some female moths attract male moths by emitting series of pulses of pheromone filaments propagating downwind. The turbulent nature of the wind creates a complex flow environment, and causes the filaments to propagate in the form of patches with varying ...
Alexander Liberzon +5 more
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Plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of a recently discovered lepidopteran diversity hotspot in the Mount Cameroon area, with descriptions of four new species [PDF]
ZooKeysMoth diversity on Mount Cameroon, a critical biodiversity hotspot in the Afrotropics, remains understudied despite the region’s rich and unique ecosystems.
Peter Ustjuzhanin +6 more
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Temporal characteristics of turbulent flow and moth orientation behaviour patterns with fluent simulation and moth-based moving model simulation [PDF]
HeliyonObjective: Previous research has explored the pheromone release patterns of female moths, revealing species-specific release frequencies and the transmission of temporal information through odourant plumes in turbulent flows.
Yanting Liu, Ryohei Kanzaki
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A challenge for a male noctuid moth? Discerning the female sex pheromone against the background of plant volatiles [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2016 Finding a partner is an essential task for members of all species. Like many insects, females of the noctuid moth Heliothis virescens release chemical cues consisting of a species-specific pheromone blend to attract conspecific males.
Elisa eBadeke +3 more
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Stimulus duration encoding occurs early in the moth olfactory pathway [PDF]
Communications BiologyPheromones convey rich ethological information and guide insects’ search behavior. Insects navigating in turbulent environments are tasked with the challenge of coding the temporal structure of an odor plume, obliging recognition of the onset and offset ...
Tomas Barta +5 more
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Spatial odor discrimination in the hawkmoth, Manduca sexta (L.)
Biology Open, 2021 Flying insects track turbulent odor plumes to find mates, food and egg-laying sites. To maintain contact with the plume, insects are thought to adapt their flight control according to the distribution of odor in the plume using the timing of odor onsets ...
Kalyanasundaram Parthasarathy +1 more
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Multimodal interactions in insect navigation [PDF]
, 2020 Animals travelling through the world receive input from multiple sensory modalities that could be important for the guidance of their journeys. Given the availability of a rich array of cues, from idiothetic information to input from sky compasses and ...
Buehlmann, Cornelia +2 more
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Multiphasic on/off pheromone signalling in moths as neural correlates of a search strategy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Insects and robots searching for odour sources in turbulent plumes face the same problem: the random nature of mixing causes fluctuations and intermittency in perception.
Dominique Martinez +6 more
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Free-flight responses of Drosophila melanogaster to attractive odors [PDF]
, 2006 Many motile organisms localize the source of attractive odorants by following plumes upwind. In the case of D. melanogaster, little is known of how individuals alter their flight trajectories after encountering and losing a plume of an attractive odorant.
Budick, Seth A., Dickinson, Michael H.
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