SEX PHEROMONE BLEND OF THE PANDORA MOTH (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE), AN OUTBREAK PEST IN PINE FORESTS (PINACEAE)

2000 ◽  
Vol 132 (6) ◽  
pp. 775-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Steven McElfresh ◽  
Xin Chen ◽  
Darrell W. Ross ◽  
Jocelyn G. Millar
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Western United States ◽  
Pheromone Gland ◽  
Apparent Effect ◽  
Hexadecyl Acetate ◽  
Sex Pheromone Blend ◽  
Pheromone Glands ◽  
Pheromone Blend

AbstractThe female-produced sex pheromone blend of the pandora moth, Coloradia pandora pandora Blake, a pest responsible for periodic defoliation of pine forests in the western United States, has been identified. The pheromone consisted of a mixture of E10,Z12-hexadecadienal, E10,Z12-hexadecadienyl acetate, and E10,E12-hexadecadienyl acetate. All three components were essential for optimal attraction. E10,Z12-Hexadecadienol, tentatively identified in trace amounts in pheromone gland extracts, elicited strong responses from male antennae in coupled gas chromatography – electroantennogram analyses but had no apparent effect as a pheromone component at physiologically relevant levels. Hexadecanal, octadecanal, and hexadecyl acetate also were identified in extracts of female pheromone glands but elicited no responses from male antennae, nor did they appear to be components of the attractant blend. In field trials, each trap baited with the optimized three-component blend of E10,Z12-hexadecadienal, E10,Z12-hexadecadienyl acetate, and E10,E12-hexadecadienyl acetate captured an average of more than 40 male moths per night.

The Potential for Genetic Manipulation of the Redbanded Leafroller Moth Sex Pheromone Blend

1986 ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendell L. Roelofs ◽  
Jia-Wei Du ◽  
Charles Linn ◽  
Thomas J. Glover ◽  
Louis B. Bjostad
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Genetic Manipulation ◽  
Redbanded Leafroller ◽  
Sex Pheromone Blend ◽  
Pheromone Blend

A plant volatile alters the perception of sex pheromone blend ratios in a moth

2020 ◽  
Vol 206 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine Hoffmann ◽  
Thomas Bourgeois ◽  
Alicia Munoz ◽  
Sylvia Anton ◽  
Jeremy Gevar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Plant Volatile ◽  
Blend Ratios ◽  
Sex Pheromone Blend ◽  
Pheromone Blend

Isolation, identification, synthesis, and bioefficacy of female Diacrisia obliqua (Arctiidae) sex pheromone blend. An Indian agricultural pest

2001 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 1157-1162 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Yadav ◽  
M. Y. Valli ◽  
A. R. Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Female Sex Pheromone ◽  
Wittig Olefination ◽  
Pheromone Components ◽  
Diacrisia Obliqua ◽  
Seed Crops ◽  
Key Steps ◽  
Sex Pheromone Blend ◽  
Pheromone Blend ◽  
Oil Seed Crops

Diacrisia obliqua is a polyphagous pest especially on oil seed crops. Adult female sex pheromone blend consists of five pheromone components, which include (3Z,6Z)-cis-9,10-epoxyl,3,6-henicosatriene and (3Z,6Z)-cis-9,10-epoxy3,6-henicosadiene. Synthesis of these enantiomers was achieved through alkylative epoxide rearrangement and stereoselective Wittig olefination reactions as key steps. Bioefficacy experiments both at laboratory and minifield were very positive.

SEX PHEROMONE COMPONENTS OF ENARMONIA FORMOSANA (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)

1999 ◽  
Vol 131 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crawford McNair ◽  
Gerhard Gries ◽  
Regine Gries
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Binary Blend ◽  
Heterospecific Male ◽  
Electroantennographic Detection ◽  
Cross Attraction ◽  
Pheromone Glands ◽  
Pheromone Blend ◽  
Enarmonia Formosana

Abstract(E)-9-Dodecenyl acetate (E9-12:OAc) and (Z)-9-dodecenyl acetate (Z9-12:OAc) are major components of the sex pheromone of the cherry bark tortrix (CBT), Enarmonia formosana (Scopoli), in British Columbia. The compounds were identified in extracts of female pheromone glands by coupled gas chromatographic – electroantennographic detection (GC–EAD) and coupled GC – mass spectrometry. In field experiments, traps baited with E9-12:OAc or Z9-12:OAc singly were unattractive to male CBT, but in combination at ratios of 50:50 or 40:60 captured numerous males. Increasing quantities of this two-component pheromone blend resulted in increasing captures of male CBT. This binary blend at a 10-mg dose caught more CBT males that did caged virgin CBT females. Eight other EAD-active acetates identified in extracts of pheromone glands failed to enhance attractiveness of the pheromone blend. These compounds may serve to reduce cross-attraction of heterospecific male moths or may play a role in courtship behaviour. Formulations of synthetic pheromone are being evaluated for management of the CBT using mass trapping or disorientation of male CBT moths.

Attraction of male Mayetiola thujae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) to the sex-pheromone blend of (2S,12S)-, (2S,13S)-, and (2S,14S)-diacetoxyheptadecane is reduced in the presence of the SR- or RR-stereoisomers

2007 ◽  
Vol 139 (5) ◽  
pp. 685-689
Author(s):  
Regine Gries ◽  
Robb G. Bennett ◽  
Grigori Khaskin ◽  
Gerhard Gries
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Field Trapping ◽  
Thuja Plicata ◽  
Red Cedar ◽  
Synthetic Pheromone ◽  
Western Red Cedar ◽  
Sex Pheromone Blend ◽  
Pheromone Blend

AbstractIn a field trapping experiment in an abandoned seed orchard of western red-cedar, Thuja plicata Donn × D. Don, in British Columbia, we show that attraction of male red-cedar cone midges, Mayetiola thujae (Hedlin), to the pheromone blend (2S,12S)-, (2S,13S)-, and (2S,14S)-diacetoxyheptadecane is reduced in the presence of a blend of all other stereoisomers, or of the three SR- or RR-stereoisomers. The three RS-stereoisomers, in contrast, had no significant effect. Thus, synthetic pheromone for monitoring M. thujae populations must not contain the SR- or RR-stereoisomers of 2,12-, 2,13-, and 2,14-diacetoxyheptadecane. This result will allow development of a less expensive design for synthesizing the pheromone.

New Sex Pheromone Blend for the Lightbrown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 640-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf M. El-Sayed ◽  
Vanessa J. Mitchell ◽  
Lee-Anne M. Manning ◽  
David Max Suckling
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Epiphyas Postvittana ◽  
Lightbrown Apple Moth ◽  
Sex Pheromone Blend ◽  
Pheromone Blend
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