Title: | "Sex pheromone components of the European goat moth,Cossus cossus" |
Author(s): | Capizzi A; Tonini C; Arsura E; Guglielmetti G; Massardo P; Piccardi P; |
Address: | "Instituto G. Donegani SpA, Centro Ricerche Novara, Via G. Fauser, 4-28100, Novara, Italy" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Female tip washings of the European goat moth,Cossus cossus L., were found to contain the following compounds that are structurally similar to known pheromone components of Lepidoptera (%): decyl acetate (1.5), (Z)-5-dodecenol (1), (Z)-5-dodecenyl acetate (66), dodecyl acetate (12), (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate (14), tetradecyl acetate (4), and hexadecyl acetate (1.5). The washes contained an average of 125 ng of (Z)-5-dodecenyl acetate per female equivalent. EAG responses to nanogram amounts of the identified products indicated that (Z)-5-dodecenyl acetate was the most potent olfactory stimulant followed by (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate and (Z)-5-dodecenol, whereas the saturated acetates caused only weak depolarization. A strong EAG response was also recorded for (Z)-3-decenyl acetate, which was not detected in the female tip washings. Field results showed that (Z)-5-dodecenyl acetate was essential for the attraction of the males and that (Z)-3-decenyl acetate improved the attractiveness of (Z)-5-dodecenyl acetate alone or in combination with (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINECapizzi, A Tonini, C Arsura, E Guglielmetti, G Massardo, P Piccardi, P eng 1983/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1983 Feb; 9(2):191-200. doi: 10.1007/BF00988036" |