Response of Acoustic Sense Cell of the Bollworm and Tobacco Budworm to Ultrasound12
- 1 April 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 60 (2) , 366-369
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/60.2.366
Abstract
The A-1 acoustic sense cell in the tympanic ears of bollworm moths, Heliothis zea (Boddie), and tobacco budworm moths, Heliothis virescens (F.), responded to sound pulses at frequencies ranging from 10 to 100 kilohertz (KHz), but was most sensitive to frequencies between 18 and 25 KHz. Free-flying moths of both species responded with similar evasive behavior when they were stimulated with pulses of ultrasound at frequencies of 21-22 KHz. However. in a preliminary field test, ultrasound at frequencies of 21-22 KHz and a rate of 10 pulses per second did not materially affect the populations of bollworms or tobacco budworms in cotton fields. Equipment failures were probably at least partially responsible for the lack of control.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Dosage-Mortality Data on the Bollworm, Heliothis zea, and the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens, in Oklahoma12Journal of Economic Entomology, 1965