2016
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2598
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Male moths that shed their genital spines inside the female: A survey of male mating costs and material investment during copulation

Abstract: In some insects, males produce costly ejaculates that reduce the typical sexual imbalance in potential reproductive rates thus influencing the mode and intensity of sexual selection. In Lepidoptera, in particular, males tend to invest heavily in mate searching, courtship and ejaculate production; furthermore, in some species males shed genital spines (deciduous cornuti) within the female genital tract during copulation. We studied experimentally the potential mating costs incurred by males of a moth with decid… Show more

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