Artificial light at night causes diapause inhibition and sex‐specific life history changes in a moth

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 4; no. 11; pp. 2082 - 2089
• Main Authors: Geffen, Koert G., Grunsven, Roy H. A., Ruijven, Jasper, Berendse, Frank, Veenendaal, Elmar M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2014; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: biodiversity; body-size; Butterflies & moths; Caterpillars; Darkness; Design; development time; diamondback moth; Diapause; Ecological effects; Eggs; Entomology; epirrita-autumnata lepidoptera; Experiments; Fitness; flight ability; geometridae; Growth rate; Illumination; Information sources; Lamps; Larval development; Life history; Light effects; Light levels; Light pollution; Light sources; Lighting; lobesia-botrana; Luminous intensity; Mamestra brassicae; Night; Noctuidae; Nocturnal; Original Research; plasticity; plutella-xylostella; Population studies; Pupae; pupal mass; Pupation; Sex; Summer; utetheisa-ornatrix; White light; Netherlands; Western Europe; light pollution; Caterpillars; diapause; pupation; development time; pupal mass

Rapidly increasing levels of light pollution subject nocturnal organisms to major alterations of their habitat, the ecological consequences of which are largely unknown. Moths are well‐known to be attracted to light at night, but effects of light on other aspects of moth ecology, such as larval deve...