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J Chem Ecol

Title:		"Role of pheromone components in evoking behavioral responses from male potato tuberworm moth,Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)"
Author(s):		Toth M; Bellas TE; Rothschild GH;
Address:		"CSIRO Division of Entomology, P.O. Box 1700, 2601, Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1984
Volume:		10
Issue:		2
Page Number:		271 - 280
DOI:		10.1007/BF00987855
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Responses of the male potato tuberworm moth,Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), to two sex pheromone components and female crude extract were studied. Both in a wind tunnel and the field, males were better able to locate a source consisting of a 1ratio1 mixture of (E,Z)-4,7-tridecadien-1-yl acetate and (E,Z,Z)-4,7,10-tridecatrien-1-yl acetate than a source consisting of the triene alone. The addition of the diene increased the time spent in the vicinity of the pheromone source, time spent on the source itself, and also increased the average number of visits to the source per individual when compared to the triene alone. The triene elicited high levels of locomotor activity and may play a major role in eliciting earlier (long-range) steps in the behavioral sequence of sexually activated moths. The diene appeared to influence later (short-range) behavior. The behavioral responses of males to a 1ratio1 mixture of the diene and triene were similar to those elicited by female crude extract"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEToth, M Bellas, T E Rothschild, G H eng 1984/02/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Feb; 10(2):271-80. doi: 10.1007/BF00987855"