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Experientia

Title:		"2-Phenylethanol, a presumed sexual stimulant produced by the male cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni"
Author(s):		Jacobson M; Adler VE; Kishaba AN; Priesner E;
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Journal Title:		Experientia
Year:		1976
Volume:		32
Issue:		8
Page Number:		964 - 966
DOI:		10.1007/BF01933912
ISSN/ISBN:		0014-4754 (Print) 0014-4754 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A sex pheromone produced by male cabbage looper moths, Trichoplusia ni (Hubner), has been isolated from the genital scent brushes and identified as 2-phenylethanol. It is shown conclusively to elicit specific behavioural responses in the female (such as wing vibration and abdominal elevation), as determined by a novel behavioural laboratory bioassay. This is taken as further evidence that the male pheromone of T. ni acts as a sexual stimulant (aphrodisiac) prior to mating. 2-Phenylethanol represents the first identification of a genital scent brush pheromone in the family Noctuidae, and of a male pheromone in the subfamily Plusiinae"
Keywords:		"Action Potentials Animals Behavior, Animal/physiology Female Lepidoptera/*physiology Male Moths/anatomy & histology/*physiology Phenylethyl Alcohol/pharmacology Pheromones/*physiology Sensory Receptor Cells/physiology Sex Attractants/*physiology;"
Notes:		"MedlineJacobson, M Adler, V E Kishaba, A N Priesner, E eng Switzerland 1976/08/15 Experientia. 1976 Aug 15; 32(8):964-6. doi: 10.1007/BF01933912"