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Title:		Close-range attraction of female oriental fruit moths to herbal scent of male hairpencils
Author(s):		Baker TC; Nishida R; Roelofs WL;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1981
Volume:		214
Issue:		4527
Page Number:		1359 - 1361
DOI:		10.1126/science.214.4527.1359
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A blend of ethyl trans-cinnamate, methyl 2-epijasmonate, methyl jasmonate, and (R)-(-)-mellein, identified from the hairpencils of male Oriental fruit moths, attracts sex pheromone-releasing females several centimeters away. The chemicals thereby duplicate the behavioral effect elicited by hairpencil-displaying males during courtship; the chemicals also produce the herbal scent emanating from the hairpencils"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEBaker, T C Nishida, R Roelofs, W L eng 1981/12/18 Science. 1981 Dec 18; 214(4527):1359-61. doi: 10.1126/science.214.4527.1359"