Title: | "Identification of sex attractant pheromone components of the tussock moth,Euproctis taiwana (Shiraki) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)" |
Author(s): | Yasuda T; Wakamura S; Arakaki N; |
Address: | "Department of Insect Physiology and Behavior, National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Two compounds were isolated and identified from abdominal tips of the female tussock moth,Euproctis taiwana (Shiraki), by a combination of gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection, coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis, microreaction, and synthesis. These compounds were (Z)-16-methyl-9-heptadecenyl isobutyrate (74.8%) and 16-methylheptadecyl isobutyrate (25.2%). Their total amount was determined to be ca. 29.8 ng/female. Field bioassays showed that (Z)-16-methyl-9-heptadecenyl isobutyrate is a sex attractant for the male moths. These chemical compounds had not previously been found as the sex pheromone components in the genusEuproctis" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEYasuda, T Wakamura, S Arakaki, N eng 1995/11/01 J Chem Ecol. 1995 Nov; 21(11):1813-22. doi: 10.1007/BF02033678" |