Publications

1. The sensory basis of host plant selection.

Miles, del Campo C., M.L. and Renwick (in press). Behavioral and chemosensory responses to a host recognition cue by larvae of Pieris rapae . J. Comp. Physiol A.
del Campo C., M.L., and Miles, CI (2003). Chemosensory tuning to a host recognition cue in the facultative specialist larvae of the moth Manduca sexta . J. Exp. Biol 206:3979-3990.
del Campo C., M.L., Miles, C.I., Schroeder, F.C., Mueller, C., Booker, R. and Renwick, J.A.A. (2001) Host recognition by the tobacco hornworm is mediated by a host plant compound. Nature 411:186-189

2a. Changes in foregut activity at the molt:
Bestman, J.E., Miles, C.I. and Booker, R. (1997) Neural and behavioral changes associated with larval molts in the moth Manduca sexta. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 23:768
Miles, C.I. and Booker, R. (1998) The role of the frontal ganglion at the adult molt of the moth Manduca sexta Fifth International Congress of Neuroethology
Bestman, J.E., Miles, C.I. and. Booker, R. (1999) Modulation of a simple motor program during the larval molt cycle of the moth, Manduca sexta.. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 25:2174

2b. Changes in activity due to parasitism:
Adamo, S.A., Beckage, N.E., Booker, R. and Miles, C.I. (1998) The voice from within: how the parasitoid Cotesia congregata alters the behavior of its host Manduca sexta. Third International Symposium in Molecular Insect Science.
Adamo, S.A., Shoemaker, K.L., Booker, R., and Miles, C.I. (1999) Parasitism in Manduca sexta results in increased host octopamine which can disrupt a feeding CPG. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 25:863
Miles, C. I. and Booker, R. (2000) Octopamine mimics the effects of parasitism on the frontal ganglion and foregut of the moth, Manduca sexta Journal of Experimental Biology 203:1689-1700.

2c. Changes due to metamorphosis:
Miles, C.I. and Booker, R. (1992) Characterization of motor programs and neurons in the frontal ganglion in the moth, Manduca sexta. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 18:1412
Miles, C.I. and Booker, R. (1994) The role of the frontal ganglion in foregut movements of the moth, Manduca sexta. J. Comp. Physiol.174:755-767.
Miles, C.I. and Booker, R. (1994) The role of the frontal ganglion in adults of the moth Manduca sexta. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 20:1595.
Miles, C.I. and Booker, R. (1998). The role of the frontal ganglion in feeding and eclosion behavior of the moth, Manduca sexta J. Exp. Biol. 201: 1785-1798