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Cuticular modified air sacs underlie white coloration in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae.

ABSTRACT: Here, the ultrastructure and development of the white patches on thorax and head of Bactrocera oleae are analysed using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy. Based on these analyses and measurements of patch reflectance spectra, we infer that white patches are due to modified air sacs under transparent cuticle. These air sacs show internal arborisations with beads in an empty space, constituting a three-dimensional photonic solid responsible for light scattering. The white patches also show UV-induced blue autofluorescence due to the air sac resilin content. To the best of our knowledge, this research describes a specialized function for air sacs and the first observation of structural color produced by tracheal structures located under transparent cuticles in insects. Sexual dimorphism in the spectral emission also lays a structural basis for further investigations on the biological role of white patches in B. oleae.

SUBMITTER: Rebora M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285419 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cuticular modified air sacs underlie white coloration in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae.

Rebora Manuela M   Salerno Gianandrea G   Piersanti Silvana S   Kovalev Alexander A   Gorb Stanislav S  

Communications biology 20210716 1

Here, the ultrastructure and development of the white patches on thorax and head of Bactrocera oleae are analysed using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and fluorescence microscopy. Based on these analyses and measurements of patch reflectance spectra, we infer that white patches are due to modified air sacs under transparent cuticle. These air sacs show internal arborisations with beads in an empty space, constituting a three-dimensional photonic solid responsible  ...[more]

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