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Bark reflectance spectra of conifers and angiosperms: implications for host discrimination by coniferophagous bark and timber beetles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Stuart A. Campbell  and
John H. Borden
Stuart A. Campbell*
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
John H. Borden
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
*
1 Corresponding author (e-mail: sac73@cornell.edu).
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The spectral reflectance of phytophagous insects' host plants is usually quantified between 300–350 nm (ultraviolet, UV) and 700 nm (farred to infrared), and the shape and magnitude of the distribution of reflected light determine the hue, saturation, and intensity perceived by insects (Moericke 1969). Host perception also depends on the distribution of environmental light (Endler 1993) and on the constraints of the insects' visual system, which is usually described as dichromatic, with one type of photoreceptor responding maximally to blue light (λmax = ca. 400–470 nm) and another to green light (λmax = ca. 500–530 nm). UV receptors also appear to be common, if not ubiquitous (Briscoe and Chittka 2001; Mazza et al. 2002). Several phytophagous insects have been shown to use visual cues, including UV reflectance, to locate and (or) discriminate among plants (Prokopy and Owens 1983).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 137 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 719 - 722
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2005

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