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Wall-pore sensilla on the ovipositor of the European sunflower Moth, Homoeosoma nebulella Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Wall-pore sensilla on the ovipositor of the European sunflower Moth, Homoeosoma nebulella Denis &... NOTE BRÈVE Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 1991, 27 (1): 119-120, 4 fig., 5 réf. Wall-pore sensilla on the ovipositor of the European sunflower Moth, Homoeosoma nebulella Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae) Catherine REYMONET (*) & Michel-J. FAUCHEUX(**) (*) Institut de Biocénotique Expérimentale des Agrosystèmes (C.N.R.S., URA 1339), Campus Universitaire, F-64000 Pau. (**) Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie des Insectes Sociaux, Université de Nantes, 2, rue de la Houssinière, F-44072 Nantes cedex 03. On the sunflower, the females of Homoeosoma nebulella lay their eggs especially on the internai wall of anthers (Zhou et al., 1988). In the laboratory, they refuse to ovi­ posit on smooth substrates. Oviposition also needs the presence either of pollen of host plants or of aromatic extracts of sunflower heads (Le Métayer & Reymonet, 1990). Besi­ des the antennae and the proboscis, the females use their ovipositor in the oviposition site finding. The abject of the present study is to demonstrate the presence of mechanorecep­ tors and chemoreceptors on the ovipositor of H. nebulella. The two ovipositor lobes of 3 females have been observed with S.E.M. On these ovipositors, we observed 4 types of sensilla : long, medium and shorts. trichodea (types A, Band C), and s. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S ) Taylor & Francis

Wall-pore sensilla on the ovipositor of the European sunflower Moth, Homoeosoma nebulella Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

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© 1991 Société entomologique de France
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2168-6351
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10.1080/21686351.1991.12277628
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NOTE BRÈVE Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.) 1991, 27 (1): 119-120, 4 fig., 5 réf. Wall-pore sensilla on the ovipositor of the European sunflower Moth, Homoeosoma nebulella Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae) Catherine REYMONET (*) & Michel-J. FAUCHEUX(**) (*) Institut de Biocénotique Expérimentale des Agrosystèmes (C.N.R.S., URA 1339), Campus Universitaire, F-64000 Pau. (**) Laboratoire d'Endocrinologie des Insectes Sociaux, Université de Nantes, 2, rue de la Houssinière, F-44072 Nantes cedex 03. On the sunflower, the females of Homoeosoma nebulella lay their eggs especially on the internai wall of anthers (Zhou et al., 1988). In the laboratory, they refuse to ovi­ posit on smooth substrates. Oviposition also needs the presence either of pollen of host plants or of aromatic extracts of sunflower heads (Le Métayer & Reymonet, 1990). Besi­ des the antennae and the proboscis, the females use their ovipositor in the oviposition site finding. The abject of the present study is to demonstrate the presence of mechanorecep­ tors and chemoreceptors on the ovipositor of H. nebulella. The two ovipositor lobes of 3 females have been observed with S.E.M. On these ovipositors, we observed 4 types of sensilla : long, medium and shorts. trichodea (types A, Band C), and s.

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