The Effect of Leaf Traits on the Excitation, Transmission, and Perception of Vibrational Mating Signals in the Tea Leafhopper <i>Empoasca onukii</i> Matsuda (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae).

ABSTRACT: The physical properties of plants affect the transmission of plant-borne vibrational signals, which many herbivorous insects use for communication. Male calling signals (MCaSs, with sections S0, S1, and S2) and courtship signals (MCoSs, with sections S1 and S2) of Empoasca onukii Matsuda (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), a major pest of tea plant, have a multicomponent structure. The same MCaS was repeatedly played back on different leaves of a tea branch, and parameters of the transmitted signal and female responses were measured on the leaf inhabited by females. We also measured the signal parameters and behaviors of E. onukii on single leaves of different ages. The intensity of MCaSs from other leaves attenuated after they propagated to leaves on which females were located, which

SUBMITTER: Shan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11991016 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature