Abstract Olfaction and chemical ecology in phytophagous ladybird beetles have been largely ignored so far. The present paper describes for the first time basiconic, grooved, trichoid porous olfactory sensilla on antennae of Chnootriba elaterii (Epilacnini) demonstrates sensitivity to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from host plants, belonging common less Cucurbitaceae crops wild species ( Cit...
