Effect of spectral composition of artificial light on the attraction of moths

By Frank van Langevelde, J. Ettema, M. Donners, M. WallisDeVries, D. Groenendijk. 2011

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Subfields: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Global and Planetary Change

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Ecological effects of artificial light at night on wild plants (2016, background): “Macgregor et al. (2014) review the potential effects of light pollution on pollination by nocturnal Lepidoptera, a group that are strongly attracted to artificial light (Eisenbeis 2006; van Langevelde et al. 2011; Warrant & Dacke 2011).”
Artificial night lighting disrupts sex pheromone in a noctuid moth (2015, background): “Other studies on moths, concerning attraction to artificial light (Van Langevelde et al. , 2011; Somers-Yeates et al. , 2013; Van Grunsven et al. , 2014), development and life-history (Van Gef-fen etal.”
Macro‐moth families differ in their attraction to light: implications for light‐trap monitoring programmes (2014, unknown): “For instance, bigger moth species and noctuids may be attracted more strongly to lamps with smaller wavelengths (van Langevelde et al., 2011; Somers-Yeates et al., 2013).”
Mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary consequences of artificial light at night for insects: review and prospective (2019, background): “…wavelength spectrum of LEDs simulating daylight (with a peak in blue), they attract a larger range of insect species than conventional lamps, such as high-pressure sodium or metal halide (e.g., van Langevelde et al., 2011; Pawson & Bader, 2013; Wakefield et al., 2016; de Medeiros et al., 2017).”
Artificial light at night inhibits mating in a Geometrid moth (2015, background): “This so-called ‘flightto-light’ behaviour is a relatively well-studied phenomenon in moths, but artificial night lighting might also affect other aspects of nocturnal moth biology, such as development (Van Geffen et al., 2014) and mortality (Rydell, 1992; Svensson & Rydell, 1998; Acharya & Fenton, 1”
Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle (2020, background): “…been suggested that larger moths may be more sensitive to light pollution, as they tend to be more strongly attracted to light, likely due to larger eye size (van Langevelde et al., 2011) and also perhaps because they are more mobile (and therefore more likely to come into contact with lighting).”
The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal (2013, background): “However, the use of polarized UV light detection for navigation by insects may explain why flight-to-light behaviour is disproportionately associated with emissions at shorter wavelengths (van Langevelde et al., 2011).”
The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes (2013, background): “…despite amassive increase in background light levels in Britain and many other parts of the globe, there have been few studies on the impact of outdoor lighting on moths (e.g. Eisenbeis, 2006; van Langevelde et al., 2011) and none that have assessed population-level or community-level effects.”