Certain Factors Influencing the Acoustic Communication in the Sexual Behaviour of the Leafhopper Amrasca devastans (Distant) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Name of Author

Harish Kumar, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
K. N. Saxena, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi

Publication Date

2-1-1985

Abstract

The role of certain factors viz., age of the insects, food source, CCVanaesthesia, mating status and age of plants in influencing the substrate-borne acoustic communication associated with the sexual behaviour of the leafhopper Amrasca devastans (DISTANT) (Homoptera: Cica dellidae) was studied under the laboratory conditions. The sound emission and mating responses increased from nil in 1-day-old insects to maximum in 5-day-old ones and declined thereafter. The leafhoppers reared on the non-host cucurbit, Lagenaria siceraria, showed a high degree of sound emission and mating but those reared on sucrose solution did not exhibit these responses. Such differences were related with equal maturation of oocytes on the host and non-host but not on the sucrose solution. © 1985, JAPANESE SOCIETY OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY. All rights reserved.

Recommended Citation

Kumar, H., & Saxena, K. (1985). Certain Factors Influencing the Acoustic Communication in the Sexual Behaviour of the Leafhopper Amrasca devastans (Distant) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 20 (2), 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1303/aez.20.199