Data from: Behavioral response of unmated female Plodia interpunctella Hubner (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae) to synthetic sex pheromone lure

Indian meal moths, Plodia interpunctella, are pests of stored products including bulk stored grains and processed goods. Recently developed mating disruption methods have been used to reduce populations in retail and commercial warehouse spaces. This mating disruption uses a synthetic pheromone lure to remove or distract males from the mating population. However, while populations are reduced over time with mating disruption, populations are usually not totally eliminated. One reason for this could be due to female autorecognition of the pheromone components and behavioral compensation which could maintain some level of mating among individuals within the population.

This dataset contains behavioral data associated with the response of female Indian meal moths to synthetic pheromone within the environment. Walking, cleaning, and calling (when pheromone is released by the female) behaviors are quantified for two strains from Northeast Kansas. One strain was collected in 2019 and the other in 2017. Behavioral assays consisted of exposure to pheromone septum lures or clean air for 15 minutes. General mobility behaviors were also quantified using Ethovision XT computer software, including distance moved and high mobility, mobile, and immobile events.

• Resource Title: Agronomy Strain Ethovision Scored Output.

  File Name: Ethovision_IMM_Agronomy_Final.xlsx

  Resource Description: Data from the Agronomy strain for each replicate. Blocks represent a specific day that the data was collected on; Rep is the replicate for a given day; Treatment designates if the data were collected with or without (control) pheromone lure present. The rest of the columns are output from the Ethovision software based on the movements of each female. Distance is measured in cm and is the total distance moved during the assay; Velocity is the cm/s; Frequency of High Mobility, Mobile, or Immobile are the total number of these events during the assay; Duration of High Mobility, Mobile, and Immobile are the total time in seconds spent in each of these mobility categories.




• Resource Title: RC strain behavioral data as scored by Ethovision.

  File Name: Ethovision_IMM_RC617_Final.xlsx

  Resource Description: Data from the RC strain for each replicate. Blocks represent a specific day that the data was collected on; Rep is the replicate for a given day; Treatment designates if the data were collected with or without (control) pheromone lure present. The rest of the columns are output from the Ethovision software based on the movements of each female. Distance is measured in cm and is the total distance moved during the assay; Velocity is the cm/s; Frequency of High Mobility, Mobile, or Immobile are the total number of these events during the assay; Duration of High Mobility, Mobile, and Immobile are the total time in seconds spent in each of these mobility categories.




• Resource Title: Manually scored behavior for Agronomy strain.

  File Name: IMM_Agronomy_video_starts_totals.xlsx

  Resource Description: Manually scored calling, cleaning, and walking behavior for each replicate female Indian meal moth. Treatment is with and without (control) pheromone lure present. Video is an independent identifier for each replicate. Replicate is the unique replicate tested. All columns reported are measured in seconds. Any blank cells did not have the behavior occur. First Time Cleaning, Calling, or Walking is the first time that female performs that given behavior; Total Time Cleaning, Calling, and Walking is the total time (calculated by the start time and stop time) for each female.




• Resource Title: Manually scored behavior for RC strain.

  File Name: IMM_RC_video_starts_totals_Final.xlsx

  Resource Description: Manually scored calling, cleaning, and walking behavior for each replicate female Indian meal moth from the RC strain. Treatment is with and without (control) pheromone lure present. Video is an independent identifier for each replicate. Replicate is the unique replicate tested. All columns reported are measured in seconds. Any blank cells did not have the behavior occur. First Time Cleaning, Calling, or Walking is the first time that female performs that given behavior; Total Time Cleaning, Calling, and Walking is the total time (calculated by the start time and stop time) for each female.