Pupal Warning Coloration of Three Species of Cystidia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) in Relation to Their Pupation Sites.

ABSTRACT: Many insects display a cryptic color to avoid detection by predators that search for prey by sight. However, some species with chemicals that predators dislike may display a warning color (aposematism) to predators. The predators can learn easier that the species is unsuitable as prey if the color is more conspicuous. Therefore, it is assumed that the acquisition of the warning color requires not only unpalatability, but also exposure of the color to predators and the ability of predators to recognize and learn it unpalatable. In the moths of the subfamily Ennominae, almost all of genera produce uniformly brown or green pupae, but the pupae of the genus Cystidia have conspicuous coloration of yellow background and black spots. In this study, to clarify whether the color of these pup

SUBMITTER: Tsubuki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9865983 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature