Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 32604, Gainesville, Florida.
J Chem Ecol. 1992 Jun;18(6):907-14. doi: 10.1007/BF00988331.
Mated and virgin female and virgin male tobacco budworm moths,Heliothis virescens (F.), responded via directed upwind flight in wind-tunnel bioassays to volatiles from floral extracts of cotton,Gossypium hirsutum L. Significantly more male and female moths landed on cloth dispensers treated with a methylene chloride extract of debracted flowers than on control dispensers treated only with methylene chloride. Only mated females landed in significant numbers on the dispensers treated with extract of cotton squares, flowers (including bracts), or flower petals. After landing, most of the moths examined the dispensers by probing with their antennae, proboscis, and/or ovipositor.
交配和未交配的雌性和雄性烟草天蛾，Heliothis virescens（F.），在风洞生物测定中通过定向顺风飞行对棉花的花提取物中的挥发物作出反应，Gossypium hirsutum L. 明显更多的雄性和雌性飞蛾降落在用脱叶花的二氯甲烷提取物处理的布分配器上，而不是仅用二氯甲烷处理的对照分配器上。只有交配的雌性飞蛾大量降落在用棉方块、花（包括苞片）或花瓣提取物处理的分配器上。降落之后，大多数检查过的飞蛾通过用触角、喙和/或产卵器探测分配器来检查。
