ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2015
Concurrent modulation of neuronal and behavioural olfactory responses to sex and host plant cues in a male moth.
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- Plasticity and modulation of olfactory circuits in insects.Cell and tissue research · 2021Review
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- Transcriptomics supports local sensory regulation in the antenna of the kissing-bug Rhodnius prolixus.BMC genomics · 2020Article
- Plant odor and sex pheromone are integral elements of specific mate recognition in an insect herbivore.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2018Article
- The Post-mating Switch in the Pheromone Response ofFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2018Article
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- Host Plant Species Differentiation in a Polyphagous Moth: Olfaction is Enough.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- Functional evolution of Lepidoptera olfactory receptors revealed by deorphanization of a moth repertoire.Nature communications · 2017Article
- Olfactory Plasticity: Variation in the Expression of Chemosensory Receptors inFrontiers in physiology · 2017Article
- Feeding regulates sex pheromone attraction and courtship in Drosophila females.Scientific reports · 2015Article
- Sexual Behavior of Drosophila suzukii.Insects · 2015Article
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Abstract
Mating has profound effects on animal physiology and behaviour, not only in females but also in males, which we show here for olfactory responses. In cotton leafworm moths, Spodoptera littoralis, odour-mediated attraction to sex pheromone and plant volatiles are modulated after mating, producing a behavioural response that matches the physiological condition of the male insect. Unmated males are attracted by upwind flight to sex pheromone released by calling females, as well as to volatiles of lilac flowers and green leaves of the host plant cotton, signalling adult food and mating sites, respectively. Mating temporarily abolishes male attraction to females and host plant odour, but does not diminish attraction to flowers. This behavioural modulation is correlated with a response modulation in the olfactory system, as shown by electro-physiological recordings from antennae and by functional imaging of the antennal lobe, using natural odours and synthetic compounds. An effect of mating on the olfactory responses to pheromone and cotton plant volatiles but not to lilac flowers indicates the presence of functionally independent neural circuits within the olfactory system. Our results indicate that these circuits interconnect and weigh perception of social and habitat odour signals to generate appropriate behavioural responses according to mating state.
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