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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 53 issue 5 (october 2019) : 554-559

Documentation and validation of chemosensory structures in antennae of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) through Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

R. Aruna, S. Jeyarani, S. Mohankumar, C. Durairaj
1Department of Agriculture Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Cite article:- Aruna R., Jeyarani S., Mohankumar S., Durairaj C. (2019). Documentation and validation of chemosensory structures in antennae of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) through Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 53(5): 554-559. doi: 10.18805/IJARe.A-5084.

ABSTRACT

The studies with SEM clearly depicted that the antenna of female was longer than male antenna. Five types of sensilla namely trichodea, chaetica, styloconica, coeloconica and auricillica, and scales were observed on the flagellum of both sexes. Sensilla trichodea were distributed randomly on all segments and were the most frequent type. Six sensilla chaetica were observed on each flagellar segment in both sexes, except in the apical segment. A sensillum styloconicum was always found at the upper-middle region of each flagellar subsegment. This sensillum had a smooth petiole and a conic extremity with one to three apical structures. Sensilla coeloconica were situated from middle to the distal portion of segment. Sensilla auricillica were found among the scales and had the typical shape of rabbit’s ear. Sensilla squamiformia were present on dorsal part of the antenna among scales. They were shorter and finer than scales and were embedded in a socket and point distally. Sensilla basiconica were smaller and least abundant of all sensilla.

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