• Communication interference in sympatrically occurring moth species 

      Juárez, María Laura; Ruiz, María Josefina; Fernandez, Patricia Carina; Goane, Lucía; Villagrán, María Elvira; Arce, Osvaldo Ernesto Antonio; Armiñana, Arturo; Páez Jerez, Paula Gabriela; de la Vega, Marcelo Horacio; Vera, María Teresa; Groot, A.T. (Wiley, 2016-01)
      In moth species, females emit a species‐specific sex pheromone that is perceived over long distance by conspecific males. The species‐specificity in the chemical communication channel is achieved by a combination of unique ...
    • Heptyl butyrate, a putative pheromone involved in social communication of Vespula germanica wasps 

      Buteler, Micaela; Fernandez, Patricia; Stadler, Teodoro; Weaver, David K.; Yossen, Belen; Lozada, Mariana (2018-02)
      Greater knowledge on the social communication of invasive Vespula germanica wasps is needed to fully understand their foraging behavior. This is particularly valuable considering that poison baiting is currently the only ...
    • Plant‐based compounds with potential as push‐pull stimuli to manage behavior of leaf‐cutting ants 

      Perri, Daiana; Gorosito, Norma; Fernandez, Patricia; Buteler, Micaela (2017-05)
      Leaf‐cutting ants are a serious pest of young forestry plantations. Currently, the main control method is the use of broad‐spectrum insecticides, which have a negative effect on non‐target organisms and the environment. ...
    • Push‐pull to manage leaf‐cutting ants: an effective strategy in forestry plantations 

      Perri, Daiana; Gorosito, Norma; Schilman, Pablo Ernesto; Casaubon, Edgardo; Dávila, Camila; Fernandez, Patricia (Wiley, 2020-08)
      BACKGROUND: Leaf‐cutting ants (LCAs) are amongst the most important forestry pests in South America. Currently, their control is carried out almost exclusively through the application of toxic baits of restricted use. Here ...
    • The use of Leaf Surface Contact Cues During Oviposition Explains Field Preferences in the Willow Sawfly Nematus Oligospilus 

      Fernandez, Patricia; Braccini, Celina Laura; Dávila, Camila; Barrozo, Romina B.; Coll Araoz, Maria Victoria; Cerrillo, Teresa; Gershenzon, Jonathan; Reichelt, Michael; Zavala, Jorge Alberto (Nature Research, 2019-03-20)
      After an insect herbivore has reached its host plant, contact cues from the leaf surface often determine host acceptance. We studied contact cues during oviposition behavior of a willow pest, the sawfly Nematus oligospilus ...