| Title: | "Methyl 2-(methylthio)benzoate: a sex attractant for the June beetles, Phyllophaga tristis and P. apicata" |
| Author(s): | Robbins PS; Salsbury GA; Woodruff RE; Lapointe SL; Linn CE; |
| Address: | "Department of Entomology, 630 West North St, Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York 14456, USA. psr1@cornell.edu" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1536-2442 (Electronic) 1536-2442 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Male antennae of Phyllophaga tristis (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) were tested using a coupled gas chromatograph-electroantennogram detector (GC-EAD) system for electrophysiological responses to five sex pheromones identified from other Phyllophaga species including L-valine methyl ester, L-isoleucine methyl ester, L-leucine methyl ester, methyl 2(methylthio)benzoate and methyl 2-amino benzoate. Male antennae responded only to methyl 2(methylthio)benzoate. In a 2003 field test near Greensburg, Kansas, cross-vane traps baited with rubber septa containing 1 mg of methyl 2-(methylthio)benzoate captured 466 male P. tristis. Control traps baited with rubber septa loaded with only hexane captured none. Similarly, in a field test in 2010 in Gainesville, Florida, 265 male P. apicata Reinhard were captured in traps baited with 1 mg of methyl 2-(methylthio)benzoate whereas control traps captured only a single male" |
| Keywords: | Animals Arthropod Antennae/*physiology Benzoates/*metabolism Coleoptera/*chemistry Female Male Sex Attractants/*analysis Sulfides/*metabolism; |
| Notes: | "MedlineRobbins, Paul S Salsbury, Glenn A Woodruff, Robert E Lapointe, Stephen L Linn, Charles E Jr eng 2012/01/10 J Insect Sci. 2011; 11:108. doi: 10.1673/031.011.10801" |
