SEX ATTRACTANT PHEROMONE OF THE TEA TUSSOCK MOTH, EUPROCTIS-PSEUDOCONSPERSA (STRAND) (LEPIDOPTERA, LYMANTRIIDAE) - IDENTIFICATION AND FIELDATTRACTION

Authors
WAKAMURA S YASUDA T ICHIKAWA A FUKUMOTO T MOCHIZUKI F
Citation
S. Wakamura et al., SEX ATTRACTANT PHEROMONE OF THE TEA TUSSOCK MOTH, EUPROCTIS-PSEUDOCONSPERSA (STRAND) (LEPIDOPTERA, LYMANTRIIDAE) - IDENTIFICATION AND FIELDATTRACTION, Applied Entomology and Zoology, 29(3), 1994, pp. 403-411
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Applied Entomology and Zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036862
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
403 - 411
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6862(1994)29:3<403:SAPOTT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Three compounds were identified from the extracts of abdominal tips of the tea tussock moth, Euproctis pseudoconspersa (STRAND). The major E AG-active component was identified as 10,14-dimethylpetadecyl isobutyr ate (10Me14Me-15:iBu) and the minors were 14-methylpentadecyl isobutyr ate (14Me-15:iBu) and 10,14-dimethylpentadecyl n-butyrate (10Me14Me-15 :nBu). Amounts of these compounds in the extract were ca. 10, 0.6 and 0.6 ng/female, respectively. 10Me14Me-15:iBu showed a potent attractan t activity to wild male moths, and the trap catch seemed to increase w hen 14Me-15:iBu was blended with 10Me14Me-15:iBu, even though 14Me-15: iBu alone showed almost no attractant activity.