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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Sex pheromone of aPlanotortrix excessana sibling species and reinvestigation of related species
Author(s):		Foster SP; Clearwater JR; Muggleston SJ; Shaw PW;
Address:		"D.S.I.R. Plant Protection, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1990
Volume:		16
Issue:		8
Page Number:		2461 - 2474
DOI:		10.1007/BF01017469
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The sex pheromone of aPlanotortrix excessana sibling species was investigated. Females were found to produce eight potential pheromone components: dodecyl acetate, tetradecyl acetate (14ratioOAc). (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate (Z5-14ratioOAc), (Z)-7-tetradecenyl acetate (Z7-14ratioOAc), (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate, hexadecyl acetate, (Z)-7-hexadecenyl acetate, and (Z)-9-hexadecenyl acetate. When these compounds were bioassayed using field-trapping and wind-tunnel techniques, only 14ratioOAc,Z5-14ratioOAc, andZ7-14ratioOAc were found to be behaviorally active. The sex pheromone glands of females of other species including,Planotortrix 'MBS,'Planotortrix 'M,'P. notophaea, Ctenopseustis servana, and aC. obliquana sibling species, were also found to containZ5-14ratioOAc orZ7-14ratioOAc, singly or in combination. In the case ofPlanotortrix 'M,' the addition ofZ7-14ratioOAc to the previously identified sex pheromone blend ofZ5-14ratioOAc and 14ratioOAc was found to increase trap captures of male moths of this species. Thus in these New Zealand species (and in some Australian species),Z5-14ratioOAc andZ7-14ratioOAc appear to be utilized in combination in pheromonal communication just as (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate and (E)-11-tetradecenyl acetate are used by many species of Holarctic Tortricidae in the tribe Archipini"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEFoster, S P Clearwater, J R Muggleston, S J Shaw, P W eng 1990/08/01 J Chem Ecol. 1990 Aug; 16(8):2461-74. doi: 10.1007/BF01017469"