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Title:		Reinvestigation of oak leaf roller sex pheromone components and the hypothesis that they vary with diet
Author(s):		Miller JR; Baker TC; Carde RT; Roelofs WL;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1976
Volume:		192
Issue:		4235
Page Number:		140 - 143
DOI:		10.1126/science.1257758
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The sex pheromone of the oak leaf roller, Archips semiferanus, was identified as a specific blend (67:33) of trans-11- and cis-11-tetradecenyl acetates. The pheromone blend of females from a semisynthetic diet and from three oak species did not vary significantly. Males from these diets responsded in the laboratory and the field only to treatments approximating the 67 : 33 blend. These findings conflict with the hypothesis that the composition and perception of month sex pheromones vary with slight changes in diet"
Keywords:		"Animals Biological Evolution Diet Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/analysis/physiology Lepidoptera/*physiology Male Moths/*physiology *Pheromones/analysis *Sex Attractants/analysis Species Specificity;"
Notes:		"MedlineMiller, J R Baker, T C Carde, R T Roelofs, W L eng 1976/04/09 Science. 1976 Apr 9; 192(4235):140-3. doi: 10.1126/science.1257758"