Mate searching in the scale insect, Dactylopius coccus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae)
Rodriguez, L.C.(Universidad de Chile, Santiago (Chile). Departamento de Ciencias Ecologicas) | Faundez, E.H. | Niemeyer, H.M.E-mail:[email protected]
Dactylopius coccus is a sessile scale insect living on cladodes of Opuntia ficus indica, it has commercial importance as a source of carminic acid. We herein present behavioural evidence of the existence of a sex pheromone in D. coccus, based on olfactometric experiments using both biological sources of odours and collected chemical extracts.
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