IDENTIFICATION OF THE SEX-PHEROMONE OF THE WESTERN POPLAR CLEARWING MOTH (LEPIDOPTERA, SESIIDAE)

Authors
COWLES RS MILLAR JG PERRY EJ MCELFRESH JS GARRISON N
Citation
Rs. Cowles et al., IDENTIFICATION OF THE SEX-PHEROMONE OF THE WESTERN POPLAR CLEARWING MOTH (LEPIDOPTERA, SESIIDAE), Environmental entomology, 25(1), 1996, pp. 109-113
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,Entomology
Journal title
Environmental entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0046225X
Volume
25
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
109 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0046-225X(1996)25:1<109:IOTSOT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The sex attractant pheromone for western poplar clearwing, Paranthrene robiniae (Hy. Edwards), was identified by field trapping, gas chromat ography, mass spectroscopy, and electroantennography to be approximate ly a 4:1 ratio of (E,Z):(Z,Z)-3,13-octadecadienyl alcohols. Efficient attraction of male P, robiniae requires that both alcohol components b e present. The blend of the 2 synthetic components should provide a se nsitive and effective lure for monitoring western poplar clearwing mot h populations.