Title: | Variation in relative quantities of airborne sex pheromone components from individual femaleEphestia cautella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) |
Author(s): | Barrer PM; Lacey MJ; Shani A; |
Address: | "CSIRO Division of Entomology, G.P.O. Box 1700, ACT 2601, Canberra, Australia" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The airborne sex pheromone components (Z,E)-9,12-tetradeca-dien-1-yl acetate and (Z)-9-tetradecen-1-y1 acetate from single calling females ofEphestia cautella (Walker) were trapped within glass capillary tubes and were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Broad and similar distributions of relative quantities were found for a laboratory strain and three Australian field strains, and means differed strongly from those reported previously for this species. The overall mean proportion of the two components found for Australian females was 88ratio12. The composition in individuals ranged from 63ratio27 to 97ratio3. The proportions for individuals appeared to vary slightly in a random fashion from day to day, and proportions for first-generation progeny were influenced by the maternal blend" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEBarrer, P M Lacey, M J Shani, A eng 1987/03/01 J Chem Ecol. 1987 Mar; 13(3):639-53. doi: 10.1007/BF01880106" |