Feeding Stimulants for the Female House Fly,
            <i>Musca domestica</i>
            Linnaeus

Robbins, W. E.; Thompson, M. J.; Yamamoto, R. T.; Shortino, T. J.

doi:10.1126/science.147.3658.628

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“…The deterrency effect produced by leucine at higher concentrations is also considered to be chemosensory-mediated. In contrast to our results, however, leucine has been described as a feeding stimulant for the house fly, Musca domestica, and the aphids, Myzus persicae and Acyrthosiphon pisum (Robbins et al, 1965;Mittler, 1967b;Srivastava & Auclair, 1975).…”

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Gustatory discrimination of sugars, amino acids, and selected allelochemicals by the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris

Hatfield

Frazier

Ferreira

1982

Physiological Entomology

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Selected sugars, amino acids and allelochemicals were tested over a range of concentrations to determine their effect on the ingestion rates of adult tarnished plant bugs. Experiments were performed with a two-choice bioassay technique utilizing artificial membranes. Sucrose was the most effective feeding stimulant of all the compounds tested. Glucose was an effective stimulant but was 8 times less potent than sucrose. Fructose was 50 times less potent than sucrose. Methionine and phenylalanine were the only amino acids of seven tested which stimulated feeding. Leucine produced a deterrent effect. Cotton tannin was the most effective deterrent of all allelochemicals tested and was 10 times more potent than gossypol. The quinone, 1,4-napthoquinone, and the alkaloid, tomatine, were also effective feeding deterrents. Sinigrin and its aglycone, ethyl isothiocyanate, were among the weakest deterrents of all the allelochemicals tested. Hydroquinone was the least potent deterrent of all compounds tested. The results indicate a strong chemosensory component regulating the feeding response of the tarnished plant bug. It is suggested that this response is mediated by epipharyngeal chemosensitive sensilla.

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Gustatory discrimination of sugars, amino acids, and selected allelochemicals by the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris

Hatfield

Frazier

Ferreira

1982

Physiological Entomology

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“…Several studies showed that individual sugars can be perceived by adult lepidopterans, and stimulation of contact chemosensilla on the tarsi can elicit the proboscis extension reflex (PER) in those species (Kusano and Sato, 1980;Minnich, 1921;Minnich, 1922a;Minnich, 1922b;Ramaswamy, 1987). Amino acids also elicit the PER in some lepidopteran species (Blaney and Simmonds, 1990;Robbins et al, 1965). The contact chemoreceptive function of tarsal chemosensilla in detecting sugars and amino acids has been demonstrated in four noctuid species by Blaney and Simmonds (Blaney and Simmonds, 1990).…”

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“…Moreover, a crucial role for assessing amino acids before oviposition has been reported (Wäckers et al, 2007). It is also possible that certain amino acids may modulate the input of sugars and provide the moth with the potential to select nutritionally more appropriate plants (Robbins et al, 1965;Wolbarsht and Hanson, 1967).…”

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Tarsal taste neuron activity and proboscis extension reflex in response to sugars and amino acids in Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)

Zhang

Loon

Wang

2010

Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARYIn adult female Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), the fifth tarsomere of the prothoracic legs bears 14 gustatory trichoid chemosensilla. These chemosensilla were characterized through electrophysiological experiments by stimulating with sucrose, glucose, fructose, maltose, myo-inositol and 20 common amino acids. In electrophysiological recordings from nine sensilla, responses were obtained to certain compounds tested at 100mmoll -1 , and the response spectra differed from broad to narrow. The four sugars excited the same receptor neuron in sensillum a and sensillum b; sucrose and myo-inositol, sucrose and lysine, myo-inositol and lysine excited two different receptor neurons respectively in sensillum a; fructose and lysine excited two different receptor neurons in sensillum n. Furthermore, the four sugars, myo-inositol and lysine all elicited concentrationdependent electrophysiological responses. These six compounds also induced the proboscis extension reflex (PER) followed by ingestion of the solution when they were applied on the tarsi. Lysine and sucrose caused the strongest electrophysiological responses. However, sucrose had the strongest stimulatory effect on the PER whereas lysine had the weakest. Mixtures of sucrose with the other sugars or with lysine had a similar stimulatory effect on the PER as sucrose alone. The electrophysiological and behavioural responses caused by a range of sucrose concentrations were positively correlated. We conclude that the tarsal gustatory sensilla play an essential role in perceiving sugars available in floral nectar and provide chemosensory information determining feeding behaviour. Tarsal taste-receptor-neuron responses to lysine are implicated in oviposition behaviour. Supplementary material available online at

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“…Through these amino acids the fly detects casein hydrolyzates (Galun et al, 1980). The phagostimulants used to detect yeast hydrolyzate were studied for the house fly; 5 'GMP was found to be the major active compound (Robbins et aL, 1965). Phagostimulants used by the medfly to detect yeast hydrolyzate have not been reported to date.…”

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Phagostimulation of the mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata by ribonucleotides and related compounds

Galun

1989

Entomologia Exp Applicata

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Females of the medfly, Ceratitis capitata, prefer sucrose solutions containing ribonucleotides to sucrose solutions without them. The order of preference for the nucleotides was: 5′GMP > GTP > 5′CMP > 5′IMP > dGMP > 5′UMP > 5′AMP > 5′XMP = ATP = 2′ & 3′GMP = RP > 3′AMP. 2′AMP, guanosine, inosine, adenine and 5′TMP produced no significant stimulation. Females sterilized by irradiation showed reduced attraction to 5′GMP as compared to non‐irradiated females. Optimal molecular configuration for phagostimulation includes: phosphorylation at the 5′ position of the ribose, free hydroxyl groups at 2′ and 3′ on the ribose, and an NH2 group at the 2 position of the aromatic ring of purine. It is proposed that the 5′GMP in yeast hydrolyzate can be used as a measure of the suitability of the hydrolyzate as a bait. Résumé Phagostimulation de la mouche méditerranéenne des fruits, Ceratitis capitata par des ribonucléotides et des constituants analogues La femelle de la mouche méditerranéenne des fruits, Ceratitis capitata, préfère les solutions de sucrose contenant des ribonucléotides aux simples solutions de sucrose. Lórdre de préférence pour les nucléotides est le suivant: 5′GMP > GTP > 5′CMP > 5′IMP > dGMP > 5′UMP > 5′AMP > 5′XMP = ATP = 2′ & 3′GMP = RP > 3′AMP. Le 2′AMP, la guanosine, l'inosine, l'adénine et le 5′TMP provoquent une stimulation significative. Les femelles montrent aprés stérilisation par irradiation une attirance réduite pour le 5′GMP par comparaison avec les femelles non‐irradiées. La configuration moléculaire optimale pour la phagostimulation comprend: la phosphorylation en position 5′ du ribose; des groupes hydroxyles libres en 2′ et 3′ sur le ribose; et un groupe NH2 en position 2 sur le noyau aromatique. Nous proposons que le 5′GMP dans l'hydrolysat de levure puisse être utilisé pour mesurer la capacité de l'hydrolysat comme appât.

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Feeding Stimulants for the Female House Fly, Musca domestica Linnaeus

Cited by 34 publications

References 5 publications

Gustatory discrimination of sugars, amino acids, and selected allelochemicals by the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris

Gustatory discrimination of sugars, amino acids, and selected allelochemicals by the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris

Tarsal taste neuron activity and proboscis extension reflex in response to sugars and amino acids in Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)

Phagostimulation of the mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata by ribonucleotides and related compounds

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