Insights into chemosensory genes of Pagiophloeus tsushimanus adults using transcriptome and qRT-PCR analysis.

Pagiophloeus tsushimanus is a new, destructive, and monophagous weevil pest that thrives on Cinnamomum camphora, found in Shanghai. The functions of chemosensory genes involved in the host location and intraspecific communication of P. tsushimanus remain unknown.