Department of Zoology, Delhi University, 110 007, Delhi, India.
J Chem Ecol. 1984 Oct;10(10):1521-31. doi: 10.1007/BF00990321.
Mating between the two sexes in the leafhopperAmrasca devastans was inhibited by cineole vapors surrounding host plant leaves bearing the insects. There was a decline in the percentage of pairs mating and mated females fertilized. The vapors were not toxic and did not prevent the insects' arrival on the leaves. The cineole vapors inhibited the mating chiefly by interfering with the surface-mediated sonic communication between the sexes. The inhibition of mating was chemical specific since other volatiles, e.g., citral, were not as effective as cineole. Exposure to cineole vapors resulted in a decline in the sexual response of the females to the sonic signals of the male.
在叶蝉 Amrasca devastans 中，雌雄两性之间的交配被周围带有昆虫的寄主植物叶子散发的桉树脑蒸气所抑制。交配对的比例和受精的雌性交配下降。这些蒸气没有毒性，也不会阻止昆虫降落在叶子上。桉树脑蒸气主要通过干扰两性之间的表面介导的声通讯来抑制交配。交配的抑制是化学特异性的，因为其他挥发物，如柠檬醛，不如桉树脑有效。暴露于桉树脑蒸气会导致雌性对雄性声信号的性反应下降。
