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Pheromone Races of Cydia Splendana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) Overlap in Host Plant Association and Geographic Distribution http://www.diva-portal.org This is the published version of a paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Citation for the original published paper (version of record): Bengtsson, M., Boutitie, A., Jósvai, J., Toth, M., Andreadis, S. et al. (2014) Pheromone races of Cydia splendana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) overlap in host plant association and geographic distribution. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2: Article ID: 46 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2014.00046 Access to the published version may require subscription. N.B. When citing this work, cite the original published paper. This Document is Protected by copyright and was first published by Frontiers. All rights reserved. It is reproduced with permission. Permanent link to this version: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-37511 ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE published: 06 August 2014 ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.00046 Pheromone races of Cydia splendana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) overlap in host plant association and geographic distribution Marie Bengtsson 1, Anne Boutitie 2, Julia Jósvai 3, Miklos Toth 3, Stefanos Andreadis 1, Stefan Rauscher 4, C. Rikard Unelius 5 and Peter Witzgall 1* 1 Chemical Ecology Group, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden 2 SUAMME, Mas de Saporta, Lattes, France 3 Plant Protection Institute MTA ATK, Budapest, Hungary 4 Swiss Federal Research Station, Wädenswil, Switzerland 5 Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden Edited by: Identification of the sex pheromone of Cydia splendana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) by Stefano Colazza, University of pheromone gland analysis followed by field trapping with synthetic compounds shows Palermo, Italy the occurrence of two pheromone races. Acorn moth females from Sweden, where Reviewed by: oak Quercus robur is the only host plant, use a blend of the E,Z and E,E isomers of Nick Bos, University of Helsinki, Finland 8,10-dodecadien-1-yl acetate. In Central and Southern Europe, where C. splendana feeds Joachim Ruther, University of on chestnut Castanea sativa and several species of oak, males respond to another isomer Regensburg, Germany blend, E,E and Z,E. The distribution of the two pheromone races of C. splendana overlaps *Correspondence: in Northern France, where they share oak as plant host. Differences in sex communication Peter Witzgall, Chemical Ecology signals between these populations of C. splendana corroborate the role of specific mate Group, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish recognition in speciation events. University of Agricultural Sciences, Keywords: specific mate recognition, reproductive isolation, sibling species, host plant, Castanea, Quercus, SLU, Box 102, Växtskyddsvägen 3, Fagaceae 23053 Alnarp, Sweden e-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION blends for isolation function in populations or related species. Sex pheromone communication in moths is the original An alternative explanation is that changes in pheromone blends, paradigm in chemical ecology (Fabre, 1879; Butenandt et al., resulting from saltational changes in female pheromone biosyn- 1959). Lepidopteran sex pheromones encode species and mate thesis, are tracked by the responding males, and thus lead to recognition, and taxonomically closely related species often use new pheromone communication channels (Phelan, 1992; Baker, specific blends of positional or geometric isomers of unsaturated 2002). This is in line with the specific mate recognition concept, straight-chain acetates (Arn et al., 1986; Wyatt, 2003; Johansson according to which sexual selection drives the optimization and Jones, 2007; El-Sayed, 2014). of communication and mate recognition; diversification of The geometric isomers of 8,10-dodecadien-1-yl acetate pheromone blends between populations, as an initial step toward (8,10-12Ac) are typical sex pheromone components in the reproductive isolation, is regarded merely as a by-product of tortricid subfamily Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). In selection on pheromone blends for optimal communication species communicating with 8,10-12Ac, each of these iso- (Paterson, 1985; Linn and Roelofs, 1995; Vrba, 1995; Mendelson mers is behaviorally active, either as main pheromone compound, and Shaw, 2012). attraction synergist or attraction inhibitor. A coincident and In nature, sex pheromone and host plant odors are perceived reciprocal, synergistic or antagonistic effect on male attraction as an ensemble. That mating and habitat cues are coded as blends enables specific communication and mate recognition with only in the male antennal lobe, the olfactory center of the insect four compounds, in 30 or more species of this subfamily (Witzgall brain, highlights the role of plant signals in habitat selection and et al., 1996, 2010; El-Sayed, 2014). Behavioral observations and in premating sexual communication (Trona et al., 2010, 2013; field trapping studies in several species have shown that dis- Chaffiol et al., 2014; Deisig et al., 2014). Closely related tortricid tinct pheromone communication channels result in specific mate moths are often associated with taxonomically related host plant recognition in tortricid moths (Witzgall et al., 1993, 1996, 2010) species. However, species or pheromone races and plant hosts and most likely also in premating reproductive isolation, which do not always overlap congruently. The European Fagaceae, oak may give rise to speciation. Indeed, distinct pheromone races, Quercus spec., chestnut Castanea sativa and beech Fagus sylvatica, using specific isomer blends have been found in several of these are hosts for the phylogenetically closely related acorn moth or species (Witzgall et al., 1996). chestnut tortrix Cydia splendana and the beech tortrix C. fagiglan- A reciprocal synergistic/antagonistic behavioral role of dana. North of the geographical distribution of chestnut, the pheromone compounds may result from selection on pheromone larvae of C. fagiglandana feed on beech nuts and the larvae of www.frontiersin.org August 2014 | Volume 2 | Article 46 | 1 Bengtsson et al. Cydia splendana pheromone C. splendana on acorns. In southern Europe, both species are also of 2- to 3-day-old female moths, retrieved from field cages in found on chestnut, where they cause significant damage (Bovey, oak and chestnut trees close to the laboratory, were extracted 1966; Bradley et al., 1979). Pheromone-baited traps are increas- in batches of 20–80 (N = 7andN = 3 for insects from Sweden ingly important for monitoring the seasonal flight period and and Hungary, respectively), 1–3 h after onset of the scotophase. population density of these insects. Protecting chestnuts with Sex glands were detached with forceps from forcefully protruded insecticide sprays is technically difficult due to a large tree canopy, ovipositors, and were kept in a 3-ml reaction vial held in liquid and few efficient insecticides are available (Avtzis et al., 2013). air, and then extracted with ca. 5 µl redistilled heptane, contain- The female sex pheromone of C. splendana feeding on acorns ing heptyl acetate as internal standard, at ca. 20◦C during 2 min. or oak nuts of Quercus robur in Sweden is a blend of (E,Z)- and The extracts were stored in sealed glass capillaries at −19◦C. (E,E)-8,10-dodecadienyl acetate (EZ and EE). The main com- Compounds in gland extracts were identified on a coupled pound EZ alone is highly attractive to male moths, and trap cap- gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS; 6890 GC and tures are further augmented by adding the EE isomer, which is a 5975 MS; Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, USA), operated pheromone synergist (Witzgall et al., 1996). However, the EZ/EE- in the electron impact ionization mode at 70 eV. The GC was pheromone blend of C. splendana from Swedish oak forests did equipped with fused silica capillary columns (30 m × 0.25 mm), not attract males in chestnut plantations in France. Host races DB-wax (J&W Scientific, Folsom, CA, USA) or HP-5MS (Agilent of several moths, including European corn borer, fall armyworm Technologies). Helium was used as the mobile phase at an average and larch budmoth are known to use different pheromone blends linear flow rate of 35 cm/s. Two µl of each sample were injected (Guerin et al., 1984; Leppik and Frerot, 2012; Unbehend et al., (splitless mode, injector temperature 225◦C). The GC oven tem- 2014).ThisledustoreinvestigatethesexpheromoneofC. splen- perature for both columns was programmed from 60◦C (2 min dana from chestnut, showing that C. splendana uses two differ- hold) at 10◦C/min 21–100◦C, at 1.5◦C/min to 150◦C, and at ent pheromone blends that probably contribute to reproductive 10–230◦C. isolation. For electroantennographic detection (EAD) (Arn et al., 1975), the DB-wax column in a Hewlett-Packard 6890 GC was split MATERIALS AND METHODS between the flame ionization detector (FID) and an electroan- CHEMICALS AND INSECTS tennogram (EAG) apparatus (IDAC-2; Syntech, Kirchzarten, (E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-1-yl acetate (E8,E10-12Ac) was pur- Germany). One arm of the split column led into a glass tube chased from S. Voerman (Institute for Pesticide Research, (Ø 8 mm), with a charcoal-filtered and humidified air stream Wageningen, The Netherlands). The EZ, ZE,andZZ isomers of (0.5 l/min). C. splendana male antennae were at 0.5 cm from the 8,10-dodecadien-1-yl acetate were synthesized, and purified by end of this glass tube, 30 cm from the EAD-outlet of the GC. high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) (Witzgall et al., The antennae were mounted between two glass pipette electrodes 1993). Chemical purity of the four isomers was ≥99.6%, isomeric containing Ringer solution (Beadle-Ephrussi); one electrode was purity was ≥99.3% by capillary gas chromatography (GC). connected to ground and the other to an amplifier (Syntech). Insects were collected as last-instar larvae from acorns of The GC was operated in splitless injection mode and the oven was programmed from 50◦C (2 min hold) at 10◦C/min to 230◦C. Q.
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