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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Role of female-produced sex pheromone in behavioral reproductive isolation betweenTrichoplusia ni (Hubner) andPseudoplusia includens (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, plusiinae)"
Author(s):		Landolt PJ; Heath RR;
Address:		"U.S. Department of Agriculture, Insect Attractants, Behavior, and Basic Biology Research Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, 32604, Gainesville, Florida"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1987
Volume:		13
Issue:		5
Page Number:		1005 - 1018
DOI:		10.1007/BF01020534
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"In laboratory flight tunnel bioassays, response rates of male cabbage looper,Trichoplusia ni (Hubner), to female soybean looper,Pseudoplusia includens (Walker), were similar to response rates of maleT. ni to conspecific females for plume tracking and source contact. Male soybean loopers, however, exhibited a greatly reduced response to female cabbage loopers compared to conspecific females. Similar differences were observed in male responses to extracts of female abdominal tips. Studies of flight tunnel responses of male soybean loopers to the different chemicals known to be components of the female cabbage looper sex pheromone indicated that the reduction in response was due to inhibitory effects of (Z)-5-dodecen-1-ol acetate and (Z)-9-tetradecen-1-ol acetate, when added singly to (Z)-7-dodecen-1-ol acetate (major component of both species) at release rates and at ratios close to those observed in female cabbage loopers"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINELandolt, P J Heath, R R eng 1987/05/01 J Chem Ecol. 1987 May; 13(5):1005-18. doi: 10.1007/BF01020534"