NOVEL TYPE OF SEX-PHEROMONE STRUCTURE IDENTIFIED FROM STIGMELLA-MALELLA (STAINTON) (LEPIDOPTERA, NEPTICULIDAE)

Authors
TOTH M SZOCS G VANNIEUKERKEN EJ PHILIPP P SCHMIDT F FRANCKE W
Citation
M. Toth et al., NOVEL TYPE OF SEX-PHEROMONE STRUCTURE IDENTIFIED FROM STIGMELLA-MALELLA (STAINTON) (LEPIDOPTERA, NEPTICULIDAE), Journal of chemical ecology, 21(1), 1995, pp. 13-27
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,Biology
Journal title
Journal of chemical ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00980331
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
13 - 27
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-0331(1995)21:1<13:NTOSSI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Short-chain unsaturated chiral methyl carbinols are identified as a ne w class of lepidopteran pheromone components. The natural female-produ ced pheromone of the banded apple pigmy Stigmella malella (= Nepticula malella) (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) was identified to be a mixture of (S)-(E)-6,8-nonadien-2-ol and (S)-(Z)-6,8-nonadien-2-ol. For monitoring traps, a 10:3 E:Z blend at 100-1000 mu g is recommended . It is suggested that pheromones with similar structures may be speci fic to Nepticulidae and other related microlepidopteran families.