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Title:		Hydrocarbon sex pheromone in tiger moths (Arctiidae)
Author(s):		Roelofs WL; Carde RT;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1971
Volume:		171
Issue:		3972
Page Number:		684 - 686
DOI:		10.1126/science.171.3972.684
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"2-Methylheptadecane is a sex pheromone compound in many sibling species of the Holomelina aurantiaca complex, in Holomelina laeta, and in Pyrrharctia isabella, which are all arctiids. Habitat preference, temporal distribution , and differing diurnal cycles help effect reproductive isolation among the species, but secondary sex pheromone chemicals are also suggested by the field studies"
Keywords:		"*Alkanes/isolation & purification/pharmacology Animals Chromatography, Gas Circadian Rhythm Ecology Female Insecta/*physiology Male *Pheromones/isolation & purification/pharmacology Sexual Behavior, Animal Spectrum Analysis;"
Notes:		"MedlineRoelofs, W L Carde, R T eng 1971/02/19 Science. 1971 Feb 19; 171(3972):684-6. doi: 10.1126/science.171.3972.684"