Host Plant Constancy in Ovipositing Manduca sexta.
Behavior
Datura wrightii
Host plant
Moth
Nicotiana attenuata
Oviposition
Journal
Journal of chemical ecology
ISSN: 1573-1561
Titre abrégé: J Chem Ecol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505563
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
24
05
2021
accepted:
26
08
2021
revised:
20
08
2021
pubmed:
22
9
2021
medline:
16
12
2021
entrez:
21
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Many pollinating insects exhibit flower constancy, i.e. they target flower species they have already experienced and fed from. While the insects might profit from reduced handling costs when revisiting similar flowers, flower constancy, in addition, is of benefit for the plants as it guarantees pollen transfer to conspecifics. Here we investigate whether the previous experience of an insect can also result in oviposition constancy, i.e. whether ovipositing on a given plant species will drive future oviposition preference in a female insect. We show that female hawkmoths (Manduca sexta), after having oviposited on a given plant species only once, indeed will prefer this plant in future oviposition choices. As oviposition preference is even affected 24 h after the moth has oviposited on a given plant, long term memory seems to be involved in this oviposition constancy. Our data furthermore suggest that, as shown for flower constancy, ovipositing moths increase their handling efficiency by targeting those host plants they have already experienced.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34546516
doi: 10.1007/s10886-021-01309-3
pii: 10.1007/s10886-021-01309-3
pmc: PMC8642259
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1042-1048Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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