title: Effect of male mating history and age on remating by female European corn borer.
abstract: If mating with an inferior male has high fitness costs, females may try to avoid mating with these males. Alternatively, females may accept an inferior male to ensure they have obtained at least one mate, and/or to avoid the costs of resisting these males. We hypothesized that females compensate for mating with an inferior male by remating. We tested this hypothesis by measuring remating propensity in females that had mated with an old, multiply-mated male, a 9-day-old virgin male, or a young, virgin male. Females were more likely to remate when they had mated with multiply-mated males than when they had mated with a 9-day-old or young virgin male. We discuss the observed mating behavior by females in terms of sexual selection for multiple mating.
authors.affiliation: Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Kifisia, Greece.|Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America.
authors.forename: Panagiotis G
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-7750
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Milonas
authors.affiliation: Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Kifisia, Greece.
authors.forename: George K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Partsinevelos
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Andow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D003313:Zea mays / Q000469:parasitology*