STUDIES OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE ARTHROPOD SECRETIONS: I EVIDENCE FOR A SEX PHEROMONE IN FEMALE VITULA EDMANDSAE (LEPIDOPTERA: PHYCITIDAE)

1968 ◽  
Vol 100 (10) ◽  
pp. 1065-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Weatherston ◽  
J. E. Percy
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Virgin Female ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Ring Shaped Structure

AbstractEvidence is presented for the presence of a sex attractant in female Vitula edmandsae (Packard). The ability of the virgin female to attract the male varies with age, reaching a maximum 2 days after emergence.The pheromone-producing gland is a ring-shaped structure formed by modification of the epidermal cells in the intersegmental membrane between the eighth and ninth abdominal segments.

STUDIES OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE ARTHROPOD SECRETIONS: VI. EVIDENCE FOR A SEX PHEROMONE IN FEMALE ORGYIA LEUCOSTIGMA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYMANTRIDAE)

1971 ◽  
Vol 103 (5) ◽  
pp. 706-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miss J. E. Percy ◽  
Miss E. J. Gardiner ◽  
J. Weatherston
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Histological Studies ◽  
Orgyia Leucostigma ◽  
Glandular Cells ◽  
Glass Tubes

AbstractThe results of behavioural, chemical, and histological studies are reported showing the presence of a sex attractant in female Orgyia leucostigma J. E. Smith. A method of bioassaying the attractancy of the female moths by the use of 4-ft-long glass tubes is given. Extraction of female abdominal tips with dichloromethane yields material biologically active when tested against male O. leucostigma.The pheromone-producing gland is a dorsally situated, crescent-shaped structure formed by modification of the epidermal cells in the intersegmental membrane between the eighth and ninth abdominal segments. The glandular cells are goblet-shaped and are arranged in an unusual manner.

A Sex Attractant for Sperchia in tractana Walker (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in New Zealand

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 178-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Benn ◽  
R. A. Galbreath ◽  
V. A. Holt ◽  
H. Young
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Virgin Female

Abstract Traps baited with approx. 2:1 mixtures of (E)-, and (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetates caught male Sperchia intrac­tana Walker in the field. Analyses of extracts obtained from virgin female moths revealed the presence of these two compounds, which are presumably the major components of the sex pheromone.

THE OCCURRENCE OF (E)-11-TETRADECEN-1-OL, A KNOWN SEX ATTRACTANT INHIBITOR, IN THE ABDOMINAL TIPS OF VIRGIN FEMALE EASTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM, CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

1974 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Weatherston ◽  
W. Maclean
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Spectral Data ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Choristoneura Fumiferana ◽  
Virgin Female ◽  
Spruce Budworm ◽  
Mass Spectral Data ◽  
Mass Spectral ◽  
Eastern Spruce Budworm ◽  
Attractant Inhibitor

AbstractThe sex-pheromone-producing gland of the eastern spruce budworm, in addition to producing the sex attractant (E)-11-tetradecenal, has been shown by gas chromatographic and mass spectral data to contain (E)-11-tetradecen-1-ol, a known inhibitor to the sex attractant.

The Presence of Disparlure, the Sex Pheromone of the Gypsy Moth, in the Female Nun Moth

1975 ◽  
Vol 30 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 672-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. A. Bierl ◽  
Morton Beroza ◽  
V. E. Adler ◽  
G. Kasang ◽  
D. Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Silver Nitrate ◽  
Silica Gel ◽  
Gypsy Moth ◽  
Lymantria Dispar ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Chromatographic Retention ◽  
Nun Moth ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Disparlure, (cis-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane) the sex attractant of the gypsy moth, Porthetria (Lymantria) dispar, attracts the male nun moth, Lymantria monacha, in the field and is a highly effective olfactory stimulus in electroantennogram (EAG) and single-cell recordings. We have now analyzed the extract of 2000 abdominal tips of the female nun moth. Physical and chemical tests, which included gas-chromatographic retention times, elution volumes from silica gel and silica gel-silver nitrate columns, mass spectra, epoxide functionality, EAG-activity of chromatographic fractions with gypsy moth antennae, presence of disparlure precursor, all indicated that disparlure is present in the extract of nun moth sex glands. The optical activity of the natural disparlure of the two species has not yet been determined. Several authors have reported 1-0 that disparlure,

A Sex Attractant for the Siberian Moth Dendrolimus superans sibiricus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)

2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome A. Klun ◽  
Yuri N. Baranchikov ◽  
Victor C. Mastro ◽  
Yousef Hijji ◽  
Jesse Nicholson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chain Length ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Capture Rate ◽  
Virgin Female ◽  
Field Trapping ◽  
Straight Chain ◽  
Female Moth ◽  
Siberian Moth ◽  
Rubber Septa ◽  
Dendrolimus Superans

Field trapping experiments were conducted against the Siberian moth, Dendrolimus superans sibiricus Butler, in Siberia, Russia, using traps baited with a virgin female moth or 100 μg synthetic mixtures of C12 straight chain-length aldehydes, alcohols, and acetates alone or in combinations on rubber septa. Traps baited with a 1:1 blend of aldehydes and alcohols captured many males. The capture rate was similar to the rate of capture seen in traps baited with virgin females. The mixture of aldehydes and alcohols (64% Z,E-5,7-dodecadienal, 10% Z-5-dodecenal, 18% E-7-dodecenal, 8% E-6-dodecenal) and (64% Z,E-5,7-dodecadien-1-ol, 10% Z-5-dodecen-1-ol, 18% E-7-dodecen-1-ol, 8% E-6-dodecen-1-ol) can be used as a sex attractant to monitor endemic Siberian moth populations in Asia, and for surveillance and detection of the moth in countries where the insect might be accidentally introduced.

Haemocytes associated with basement membrane of sex pheromone gland of Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ultrastructural observations

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Percy
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Trichoplusia Ni ◽  
Amorphous Layer ◽  
Epidermal Cells ◽  
Pheromone Gland ◽  
Gland Cells ◽  
Sex Pheromone Gland ◽  
Layer 2 ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

In female Trichoplusia ni, granular haemocytes are observed near the basement membrane of developing sex pheromone gland cells while plasmatocytes are observed near the basement membrane of unmodified epidermal cells. The basement membrane underlying gland cells is clearly different from that of other epidermal cells. There is a thin amorphous layer (layer 1) which is also present beneath unmodified cells, and a second layer (layer 2) apposing the haemocytes. Layer 2 is distinctly banded which results from tubules similar in dimensions and structural appearance to those observed within granules of the granular haemocytes. The observations indicate that the granules participate in the formation of layer 2 by emptying their contents into the haemocoel next to layer 1.

Evidence for a Sex Attractant in Agriotes lineatus (L.) (Col. Elateridae) Demonstrated by Field Experiments

1973 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åke Borg
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Ethyl Alcohol ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Pitfall Traps ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Agriotes Lineatus

AbstractElaterids of the species Agriotes lineatus (L.), which were collected in heap-traps (at Stenum, Skara, West Sweden) during the period May 9-24, I972, were sorted according to sex. The abdomens of the males and females respectively were crushed in 95 % ethyl alcohol for the extraction of possible pheromones. The unfiltered fluid was tested in pitfall traps placed in a field of oats. During the period May II - July 3, I70 A. lineartus were obtained of which I62 were males. The majority of these were caught in the traps baited with female extract. The male extract caused no response. The female extract must therefore have contained a sex pheromone which attracted males of the same species.

Vespula vulgaris(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) gynes use a sex pheromone to attract males

2013 ◽  
Vol 145 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Brown ◽  
Ashraf M. El-Sayed ◽  
David Maxwell Suckling ◽  
Lloyd D. Stringer ◽  
Jacqueline R. Beggs
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Mate Finding ◽  
Sex Attraction ◽  
Vespula Vulgaris ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Virgin Queens ◽  
Cotton Roll

AbstractSex attraction studies were carried out to investigate the mate-finding behaviour of invasiveVespula vulgaris(Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) wasps. Delta traps were baited with live, caged males, and gynes (virgin queens) ofV. vulgaristo determine whether either sex produced a long-range sex attractant. Traps baited with gynes caught 71 males, while the controls and live-male wasp baited traps did not catch gynes. Wind tunnel trials were performed to verify if the signal produced by the gynes was chemical in nature. First,V. vulgarismales were flown to live caged gynes, where more than half of the males tested flew upwind in a zigzagging pattern and made contact with caged gynes. Males were also flown to hexane rinses of gynes and flew upwind in a zigzagging pattern towards the gyne extract, although none made contact with the cotton roll stimulus. The results presented here demonstrate conclusively thatV. vulgarisgynes produce a sex pheromone.

SEX PHEROMONE COMPONENTS OF THE EYESPOTTED BUD MOTH, SPILONOTA OCELLANA (DENIS AND SCHIFFERMÜLLER) (LEPIDOPTERA: OLETHREUTIDAE)

1991 ◽  
Vol 123 (6) ◽  
pp. 1391-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. McBrien ◽  
G. Gries ◽  
R. Gries ◽  
J.H. Borden ◽  
G.J.R. Judd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Virgin Female ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Spectroscopic Analyses ◽  
Sex Pheromone Components ◽  
Pheromone Components ◽  
Tetradecenyl Acetate ◽  
And Control

AbstractZ8-tetradecenyl acetate (Z8-14OAc andZ8-tetradecenyl alcohol (Z8-14OH) were identified as sex pheromone components of the eyespotted bud moth, Spilonota ocellana (Denis and Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae). Compounds were identified by gas chrornatographic-eleclroantennographic (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectroscopic analyses and field tested in apple orchards in the Okanagan Valley, B.C. Although Z8-14OAc alone was attractive to male S. ocellana, the addition of 1–5% Z8-14OH strongly synergized its attraction. Field tests comparing the attractiveness of virgin female S. ocellana with various doses of a 99:1 blend of Z8-14OAc and Z8-14OH indicated the natural sex pheromone has only two significant components. A 99:1 blend of Z8-14OAC and Z8-14OH is suggested for monitoring and control of S. ocellana populations in British Columbia.

Sex Pheromone of the Oriental Fruit Moth Grapholitha molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

1965 ◽  
Vol 97 (9) ◽  
pp. 1002-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. George
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Chemical Nature ◽  
Virgin Female ◽  
Oriental Fruit Moth ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Female Sex Pheromone ◽  
Grapholitha Molesta ◽  
Female Sex

AbstractThe existence of a chemical female sex pheromone in the Oriental fruit moth has been demonstrated; it both attracts and sexually excites adult males. Males without antennae are neither attracted to, nor sexually stimulated by, the pheromone. Thus, the pheromone appears to be essential for reproduction. Active pheromone can be extracted with benzene from the tips of virgin female abdomens and bioassayed with males. The gland believed to produce the pheromone was located and examined histologically. It is now possible to investigate the chemical nature of the pheromone and its possible use in the control of the Oriental fruit moth.

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