Age-related responses from the maxillary sensilla styloconica of Choristoneura fumiferana larvae to foliage extracts from balsam fir hosts
1996
Toufexis, D.J. | Albert, P.J. | Bauce, E.
An electrophysiological study of the sensilla styloconica of the galea in Choristoneura fumiferana Clem. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae showed a differential response between fourth- and sixth-instars to extracts of balsam fir foliage. Larvae raised on artificial diet were stimulated with the water soluble fraction of needle extracts obtained from terminal and lateral shoots of 30- and 70-yr-old balsam fir trees. An extract-sensitive neuron was found in the lateral styloconic sensillum of both instars. The lateral styloconica in the fourth-instar larvae were more sensitive to extracts from terminal than from lateral shoot foliage of both young and old trees. The lateral styloconica of sixth-instar larvae were more sensitive to lateral shoot foliage of old trees. Results are discussed with respect to their relationship to feeding preferences and feeding rates observed in a previous behavioural study.
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