| Title: | "Identification of the sex pheromone of a protected species, the Spanish moon moth Graellsia isabellae" |
| Author(s): | Millar JG; McElfresh JS; Romero C; Vila M; Mari-Mena N; Lopez-Vaamonde C; |
| Address: | "Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. Jocelyn.millar@ucr.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-010-9831-1 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1573-1561 (Electronic) 0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Sex attractant pheromones are highly sensitive and selective tools for detecting and monitoring populations of insects, yet there has been only one reported case of pheromones being used to monitor protected species. Here, we report the identification and synthesis of the sex pheromone of a protected European moth species, Graellsia isabellae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), as the single component, (4E,6E,11Z)-hexadecatrienal. In preliminary field trials, lures loaded with this compound attracted male moths from populations of this species at a number of widely separated field sites in France, Switzerland, and Spain, clearly demonstrating the utility of pheromones in sampling potentially endangered insect species" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Chromatography, Gas *Conservation of Natural Resources Female Male Moths/*chemistry/drug effects Sex Attractants/*analysis/isolation & purification/pharmacology Solid Phase Microextraction;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineMillar, Jocelyn G McElfresh, J Steven Romero, Carmen Vila, Marta Mari-Mena, Neus Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2010/07/27 J Chem Ecol. 2010 Sep; 36(9):923-32. doi: 10.1007/s10886-010-9831-1. Epub 2010 Jul 24" |
