Artificial night lighting disrupts sex pheromone in a noctuid moth

• Published in: Ecological entomology Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 401 - 408
• Main Authors: VAN GEFFEN, KOERT G., GROOT, ASTRID T., VAN GRUNSVEN, ROY H. A., DONNERS, MAURICE, BERENDSE, FRANK, VEENENDAAL, ELMAR M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2015; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: chemical composition; Disruption; Ecological effects; Environmental changes; Exterior lighting; Females; habitats; Light; Light pollution; Light sources; Lighting; males; Mamestra brassicae; moths; Pheromones; pollution; reproduction; sex pheromone composition; sex pheromones; sexual communication; Spectral composition

1. One major, yet poorly studied, change in the environment is the increase in nocturnal light pollution. Although this strongly alters the habitat of nocturnal species, the ecological consequences are poorly known. Moths are well known to be attracted to artificial light sources, but artificial lig...