Estigmene acrea

The cotton leaf worm [Alabama argillacea (Hbn.)] and several other leaf-feeding lepidopterous larvae, particularly Anomis texana Riley and the salt-marsh caterpillar [Estigmene acrea (Drury)], sometimes cause total destruction of the cotton crop in localized areas. 

Estigmene acrea Polyphagous Larva Hodal Abdominal (2) 1993 Krasnoff and Roelofs, 1989 Davenport... 

Bernays, E. A., Chapman, R. F. and Hartmann, T. (2002). A highly sensitive taste receptor cell for pyrrolizidine alkaloids in the lateral galeal sensillum of a polyphagous caterpillar, Estigmene acrea. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 188 715-723. 

Davenport, J. W. and Conner, W. E. (2003). Dietary alkaloids and the development of androconial organs in Estigmene acrea. Journal of Insect Science 3 3. 

Krasnoff, S. B. and Roelofs, W. L. (1989). Quantitative and qualitative effects of larval diet on male scent secretions of Estigmene acrea, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, and Pyrrharctia isabella (Lepidoptera Arctiidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 15 1077-1093. 

Willis, M. A. and Birch, M. C. (1982). Male lek formation and female calling in a population of the arctiid moth, Estigmene acrea. Science 218 168-170. 

Elam P, Vail PV, Schreiber F (1990), Infectivity of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus extracted with digestive fluids of Heliothis zea, Estigmene acrea, and carbonate solutions,]. Invertebr. Pathol. 55 278-283. 

Hill, A. S. and Roelofs, W.L. (1981). Sex pheromone of the saltmarsh caterpillar moth, Estigmene acrea. J. Chem. Ecol., 7, 655-668. 

Estigmene acrea dietary requirement, vitamin accumulated in tissues during development 41,43... 

Sex pheromones are usually emitted by females to attract males for mating. They have been reported from many moths and certain families of beetles, including Anobiidae, Bruchidae and Dermestidae, in which adults are relatively short lived and feed very little or not at all (Burkholder and Ma, 1985). Rarely, the male attracts the female, as in the cabbage looper moth (Landolt and Heath, 1990) and the arctiid moth Estigmene acrea (Willis and Birch, 1982). 

Caterpillar Erannis spp., 631 Operophtera spp., 631 Saltmarsh caterpillar, Estigmene acrea,... 

Component of sex pheromone of the saltmarsh caterpillar moth Estigmene acrea. [a]23o 43.3°. 

Jordan AT, Jones TH, Coimer WE (2005) If you ve got it, flaunt it ingested alkaloids affect core-matal display behavior in the salt marsh moth, Estigmene acrea. Journal of Insect Science (Tucson) 5 Artl... 

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