Abstract
AdultTrogoderma glabrum, T. inclusum, andT. variabile exhibit diel periods of exposure-concealment behavior, the frequency and duration of which are age-dependent, and the temporal placement of which is species-dependent. Exposure periods correspond with daily maxima in male sensitivity to the most active female-released sex pheromone component, 14-methyl-8-hexadecenal, and with respective periods of sex pheromone release in females. Exposure-concealment behavior may be a factor in reproductive isolation between these species, since potential communication distances are greatly reduced when either males or females are concealed.
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Shapas, T.J., Burkholder, W.E. Diel and age-dependent behavioral patterns of exposure-concealment in three species ofTrogoderma . J Chem Ecol 4, 409–423 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00989498
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