| Title: | "cis-Vaccenyl acetate, a female-produced sex pheromone component of Ortholeptura valida, a longhorned beetle in the subfamily Lepturinae" |
| Author(s): | Ray AM; Zunic A; Alten RL; McElfresh JS; Hanks LM; Millar JG; |
| Address: | "Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. raya6@xavier.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-011-9908-5 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "We report the identification, synthesis, and field bioassays of a female-produced sex attractant pheromone component of the cerambycid beetle Ortholeptura valida (LeConte). Headspace volatiles from females contained a female-specific compound, (Z)-11-octadecen-1-yl acetate, which elicited a strong response from antennae of adult males in coupled gas chromatography-electroantennogram analyses. In field bioassays, significant numbers of males were collected by traps baited with this compound. The pheromone represents a new structural class of cerambycid pheromones, and is the first pheromone identified for a cerambycid species in the subfamily Lepturinae" |
| Keywords: | Acetates/*analysis Animals Biological Assay Coleoptera/*metabolism Female Male Oleic Acids/*analysis Pheromones/*analysis Sex Attractants/*chemistry/*metabolism *Sex Characteristics; |
| Notes: | "MedlineRay, Ann M Zunic, Alenka Alten, Ronald L McElfresh, J Steven Hanks, Lawrence M Millar, Jocelyn G eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2011/01/29 J Chem Ecol. 2011 Feb; 37(2):173-8. doi: 10.1007/s10886-011-9908-5. Epub 2011 Jan 28" |
