3-METHYL-ALPHA-HIMACHALENE - PROPOSED STRUCTURE FOR NOVEL HOMOSESQUITERPENE SEX-PHEROMONE OF LUTZOMYIA-LONGIPALPIS (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE) FROM JACOBINA, BRAZIL

Authors
HAMILTON JGC DAWSON GW PICKETT JA
Citation
Jgc. Hamilton et al., 3-METHYL-ALPHA-HIMACHALENE - PROPOSED STRUCTURE FOR NOVEL HOMOSESQUITERPENE SEX-PHEROMONE OF LUTZOMYIA-LONGIPALPIS (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE) FROM JACOBINA, BRAZIL, Journal of chemical ecology, 22(12), 1996, pp. 2331-2340
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Journal of chemical ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00980331
Volume
22
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2331 - 2340
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(1996)22:12<2331:3-PSFN>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The principal behaviorally active volatile component (ca. 90%+) of the sex pheromone glands of Lutzomyia longipalpis from Jacobina, Brazil, has been isolated and characterized as a novel homosesquiterpene with the structure 3-methyl-alpha-himachalene (C16H26). A minor component ( ca. 10%) of the gland extract has also been identified as the sesquite rpene alpha-himachalene (C15H24). This work confirms that there are at least 3 members of the L. longipalpis species complex.