Bw. Staddon et al., MAJOR COMPONENT IN MALE SEX-PHEROMONE OF CEREAL PEST EURYGASTER-INTEGRICEPS PUTON (HETEROPTERA, SCUTELLERIDAE) IDENTIFIED AS A HOMOSESQUITERPENOID, Journal of chemical ecology, 20(10), 1994, pp. 2721-2731
A homosesquiterpenoid, 5'-dimethyl-4'-heptenylidene)-1-methylcyclohexe
ne, has been identified as a major component of the scent emitted by c
alling males of Eurygaster integriceps. Minor components of the scent
included vanillin. The E. integriceps male homosesquiterpenoid is an a
ddition to the list of sesquiterpenoids identified as components of ma
le attractant sex pheromones in pentatomoid Heteroptera.