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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Sex pheromone differences in populations of the brownheaded leafroller,Ctenopseustis obliquana"
Author(s):		Foster SP; Roelofs WL;
Address:		"DSIR, Entomology Division, Mt. Albert Research Centre, Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1987
Volume:		13
Issue:		3
Page Number:		623 - 629
DOI:		10.1007/BF01880104
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Ctenopseustis obliquana females collected from Christchurch were found to produce a mixture of (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate and tetradecyl acetate in their sex pheromone gland, in contrast toC. obliquana from Auckland which produce an 80ratio20 mixture of (Z)-8-tetradecenyl acetate and (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate. This identification has been made on the basis of instrumental and chemical analyses. Antennae of maleC. obliquana from Christchurch gave a maximal electroantennogram response to (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate. A field trapping program in Christchurch using combinations of synthetic (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate and tetradecyl acetate caughtCtenopseustis males equally well if the latter chemical was present or absent. No males were caught in traps baited with the Auckland-type pheromone. In Alexandra,Ctenopseustis males were caught in traps baited with Auckland-type pheromone and not in traps baited with Christchurch-type pheromone. This phenomenon is ascribed to the existence of sibling species within the describedC. obliquana"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEFoster, S P Roelofs, W L eng 1987/03/01 J Chem Ecol. 1987 Mar; 13(3):623-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01880104"