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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Identification of Female Sex Pheromone for Monitoring the Barred Tooth Striped Moth, Trichopteryx polycommata, a Priority Conservation Species"
Author(s):		Oleander A; Hall DR; Bray DP; Burman JPJ;
Address:		"Ecology Research Group, Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, CT11QU, UK. Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent, ME4 4TB, UK. Ecology Research Group, Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, CT11QU, UK. joseph.burman@canterbury.ac.uk"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		2019
Volume:		20190813
Issue:		8
Page Number:		649 - 656
DOI:		10.1007/s10886-019-01093-1
ISSN/ISBN:		1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Pheromone-baited traps can be excellent tools for sensitive detection of insects of conservation concern. Here, identification of the sex pheromone of Trichopteryx polycommata (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775), an under-recorded UK priority species, is reported. In analyses of extracts of the pheromone glands of female T. polycommata by gas chromatography coupled to electroantennographic recording from the antenna of a male moth, a single active component was detected. This was identified as (Z,Z)-6,9-nonadecadiene (Z,Z6,9-19:H) by comparison of its mass spectrum and retention times with those of the synthetic standard. In a pilot field trial in Kent, UK, T. polycommata males were caught in pheromone traps baited with lures loaded with 1 mg and 2 mg (Z,Z)-6,9-19:H. Optimum lure loading was identified in a further five trials in Kent, Sussex and Lancashire where lures of 0, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1, 2, 5 and 10 mg loadings were tested. Traps baited with 1 to 10 mg of ZZ6,9-19:H caught significantly more T. polycommata than traps baited with 0 mg and 0.001 mg. In a pilot survey of T. polycommata using pheromone lures around Morecambe Bay, UK, T. polycommata males were captured at 122 new sites within the three counties where trials took place, demonstrating the potential of pheromone monitoring to increase knowledge of abundance, distribution and ecology of this elusive species"
Keywords:		"Animals Endangered Species Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/chemistry/pharmacology Female Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Male Moths/*physiology Pheromones/chemistry/pharmacology Sex Attractants/*chemistry/pharmacology Sexual Behavior, Animal/drug effects (Z;"
Notes:		"MedlineOleander, Ashen Hall, David R Bray, Daniel P Burman, Joseph P J eng 2019/08/14 J Chem Ecol. 2019 Aug; 45(8):649-656. doi: 10.1007/s10886-019-01093-1. Epub 2019 Aug 13"