Artificial light at night inhibits mating in a Geometrid moth

By Koert G. Geffen, E. Eck, R. Boer, R. V. Grunsven, Lucia Salis, F. Berendse, E. Veenendaal. 2015

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Mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary consequences of artificial light at night for insects: review and prospective (2019, background): “Male winter moths, Operophtera brumata (L.), thriving in lit areas are less attracted by female sex pheromones which may be due to a chemical disruption of the pheromone induced by ALAN (van Geffen et al., 2015).”
Artificial night lighting disrupts sex pheromone in a noctuid moth (2015, unknown): “, 2014), and reproduction under field conditions (Van Geffen et al. , 2015), show that the negative consequences of artificial light may be mitigated at least partly by application of light that is poor in short-wavelength radiation.”
Ecological effects of artificial light at night on wild plants (2016, background): “…light has been shown to affect caterpillars of the moth Mamestra brassicae by decreasing both male caterpillar and pupal mass and reducing the duration of pupation in both sexes (van Geffen et al., 2014), as well as reducing activity and mating in Operpphtera brumata (van Geffen et al. 2015).”
Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle (2020, background): “The short-term changes in pheromone composition and mating behaviour in moths due to artificial light (van Geffen et al., 2015a, 2015b) raises the distinct possibility of divergent selection, and potentially speciation, in moths as a direct consequence of artificial light at night (Tierney et al.,…”