Brightness mediates oviposition in crepuscular moth,Grapholita molesta

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Yang, Xiaofan

作者： Yang, Xiaofan;Li, Mengyao;Fan, Fan;An, Lina;Wei, Guoshu;Yang, Xiaofan;Li, Jiancheng

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关键词： Grapholita molesta; Oviposition site preference; Vision; Leaf colouration; Apparency

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE （ 影响因子：5.918； 五年影响因子：5.955 ）

ISSN： 1612-4758

年卷期： 2020 年 93 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Plant colouration is known to be used by some nocturnal flower-visiting insects to foraging among colourful flowers in dim light. However, it remains unknown whether crepuscular species possibly reliably discriminate plant colouration (i.e. colour and/or brightness) for oviposition even driven by challenges of variably light conditions and similar leaf colouration. Here, we explored this question in the oriental fruit mothGrapholita molesta, a major pest of stone fruits worldwide, using coloured squares under changing illuminants (1000, 100, 1 and 0.01 mW/m(2)).G. molestafemale preferred to oviposit on green and orange over yellow, red, blue and purple with a lower discrimination at starlight (0.01 mW/m(2)), whereas the preferential brighter white can be discriminated clearly from those achromatic grey and black at all tested light intensities. When both cues were presented in conflicting for oviposition, the moths were more attracted to brightness than colour cues irrespective of light intensity they are exposed to. Interestingly, there was a decrease in the reflectance between young and old leaves ofP. persicaat similar wavelengths between 500 and 550 nm, providing an apparent brightness. Ovipositing females preferred the brighter light green over the dark green. Our results indicate that as a more reliable cue, brightness of leaves rather than colour plays a more important role for mediating crepuscular mothG. molestato lay eggs on young leaves in microhabitats in changing light environments. We discuss that the brightness oriented in oviposition task in complex orchards is relevant to leaf apparency.

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