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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (16): 110-118.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2021-0505

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Ultra-structural Characteristics of the Antennal Sensilla of Two Species of Caloptilia (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

LIANG Jingxuan1(), BAI Haiyan2,3()   

  1. 1College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Normal University, Taiyuan 030032
    2Department of Life Sciences, Changzhi University, Changzhi, Shanxi 046011
    3Ecological and Environmental Research Institute of Taihang Mountain, Changzhi, Shanxi 046011
  • Received:2021-05-13 Online:2022-06-05 Published:2022-06-09
  • Contact: BAI Haiyan E-mail:1369644358@qq.com;haiyanbai@163.com

Abstract:

Caloptilia theivora and Caloptilia kurokoi are the leaf-miners of some plants respectively belonging to the family of Theaceae and Aceraceae. The study aims to understand the types, quantities, distribution and morphological characteristics of the antennal sensilla of the two species of Caloptilia, and explore their intraspecific and interspecific differences of antennal sensilla characteristics. Scanning electron microscope was used for the analysis. There are 11 types and 16 subtypes of antennal sensilla of the two species of Caloptilia, including sensilla trichodea (2 subtypes), sensilla chaetica (2 subtypes), sensilla coeloclnica (2 subtypes), sensilla styloconica (3 subtypes), sensilla auriculate (3 subtypes), sensilla basiconca, sensilla squamiformia (2 subtypes), sensilla intersegment (2 subtypes), Böhm bristles, sensilla mammilliformia and sensilla lamellar spiny. The female Caloptilia theivora has 11 types of sensilla (11 subtypes) and the male one has 10 types (13 subtypes). Both female and male Caloptilia kurokoi have 10 types and 13 subtypes of antennal sensilla. Semifusion was observed in the first subsegment of the flagellum of the female Caloptilia theivora. Both the two species of Caloptilia have sexual dimorphism in antennal sensilla, and there are some interspecific differences. Sensilla intersegment, sensilla mammilliformia and sensilla lamellar spiny are first reported in Lepidopteran. The antennal sensilla types of Gracillariidae and even Lepidoptera are greatly enriched by the research, which can lay a basis for further exploring the phylogenetic development, behaviors and pest and insect control of Gracillariidae.

Key words: antennal sensilla, sexual dimorphism, Caloptilia, Gracillariidae, scanning electron microscope

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