Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Long flights in Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) measured by a flight mill: influence of sex, mated status and age
Authors: Schumacher, Peter
Weyeneth, Albert
Weber, Donald C.
Dorn, Silvia
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01152.x
Published in: Physiological Entomology
Volume(Issue): 22
Issue: 2
Page(s): 149
Pages to: 160
Issue Date: 1997
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Wiley
ISSN: 0307-6962
1365-3032
Language: English
Subjects: Age; Cydia pomonella; Dispersal; Flight mill; Sex; Mated status
Subject (DDC): 590: Animals (Zoology)
Abstract: The flight capacity of Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) was measured in the laboratory by using computer‐linked flight mills. Codling moths showed a large variation in flight capacity between individuals. We defined arbitrarily a longest single flight (LSF) of more than 5 km as an index for long‐flyers. About 16.7% of virgin and 10.0% of mated males and 20.0% of virgin and 7.4% of mated females undertook such flights. Based on the LSF and the total distance flown (TDF) we concluded that males and females have little or no difference in flight capacity and that both the within‐and between‐habitat flights are similar in number and magnitude for both sexes. In the field, females are therefore potentially able to undertake flights of up to 11 km, as reported for males by other authors. This ability was highest at ages of 2-7 days after emergence, i.e. the first third of their lifetime, for virgin and mated male moths and for virgin female moths. Mated females showed peak flight capacity between 1 and 3 days after eclosion, which corresponded with the major egg‐laying period. Few long flights were undertaken before oviposition. These findings do not agree with the oogenesis flight syndrome described by other authors, and this theory is believed not to apply to C.pomonella. Our laboratory results are discussed in relation to field experiments in general and hypotheses are developed about the significance of long‐flyers for this species.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/14832
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Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)
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Schumacher, P., Weyeneth, A., Weber, D. C., & Dorn, S. (1997). Long flights in Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) measured by a flight mill: influence of sex, mated status and age. Physiological Entomology, 22(2), 149–160. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01152.x
Schumacher, P. et al. (1997) ‘Long flights in Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) measured by a flight mill: influence of sex, mated status and age’, Physiological Entomology, 22(2), pp. 149–160. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01152.x.
P. Schumacher, A. Weyeneth, D. C. Weber, and S. Dorn, “Long flights in Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) measured by a flight mill: influence of sex, mated status and age,” Physiological Entomology, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 149–160, 1997, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01152.x.
SCHUMACHER, Peter, Albert WEYENETH, Donald C. WEBER und Silvia DORN, 1997. Long flights in Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) measured by a flight mill: influence of sex, mated status and age. Physiological Entomology. 1997. Bd. 22, Nr. 2, S. 149–160. DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01152.x
Schumacher, Peter, Albert Weyeneth, Donald C. Weber, and Silvia Dorn. 1997. “Long Flights in Cydia Pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Measured by a Flight Mill: Influence of Sex, Mated Status and Age.” Physiological Entomology 22 (2): 149–60. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01152.x.
Schumacher, Peter, et al. “Long Flights in Cydia Pomonella L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Measured by a Flight Mill: Influence of Sex, Mated Status and Age.” Physiological Entomology, vol. 22, no. 2, 1997, pp. 149–60, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01152.x.


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