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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Sex pheromone of the saltmarsh caterpillar moth,Estigmene acrea"
Author(s):		Hill AS; Roelofs WL;
Address:		"Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, 14456, Geneva, New York"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1981
Volume:		7
Issue:		4
Page Number:		655 - 668
DOI:		10.1007/BF00990299
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Three compounds have been identified as components of the sex pheromone emitted by females of the saltmarsh caterpillar moth,Estigmene acrea (Drury). These are (Z,Z)-9,12-octadecadienal (I), (Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-octadecatrienal (II), and (Z,Z)-3,6-cis-9,10-epoxyheneicosadiene (III). In female tip extract they were found in a ratio of 1ratio6ratio25, respectively, and in trapped female effluvia the ratio was 1ratio6ratio27, respectively. Combinations of III with either I or II elicited sustained upwind flight in a wind tunnel, but none of these compounds by themselves did so. There is evidence that the antennal acceptor site for III is chiral"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEHill, A S Roelofs, W L eng 1981/07/01 J Chem Ecol. 1981 Jul; 7(4):655-68. doi: 10.1007/BF00990299"