| further studies on sex pheromones of female lygus and related bugs: development of effective lures and investigation of species-specificity. | mirid bugs (heteroptera: miridae) are important pests of many crops worldwide. in previous work by others and ourselves, several species of lygus bugs were shown to produce blends of three compounds, hexyl butyrate, (e)-2-hexenyl butyrate, and (e)-4-oxo-2-hexenal. these have been proposed as components of the female-produced sex pheromones, but attraction of males to synthetic lures has been difficult to demonstrate. we studied the volatiles released by females of four species: lygus rugulipenni ... | 2014 | 24390623 |
| close-range attraction in lygocoris pabulinus (l.). | males of the green capsid bug, lygocoris pabulinus, exhibit a specific courtship behavior, i.e., a vibration of the abdomen. when both live and dead females were offered to males, this vibration behavior was elicited in most of the males tested. when females were dissected into separate body parts, heads, wings, and legs elicited equal responses, while thorax plus abdomen elicited a much lower response. when separate body parts were extracted, the leg extracts elicited significantly stronger res ... | 2001 | 11504019 |