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Environ Entomol

Title:		The Common Natural Products (S)-alpha-Terpineol and (E)-2-Hexenol are Important Pheromone Components of Megacyllene antennata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Author(s):		Mitchell RF; Ray AM; Hanks LM; Millar JG;
Address:		"Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Department of Biology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA"
Journal Title:		Environ Entomol
Year:		2018
Volume:		47
Issue:		6
Page Number:		1547 - 1552
DOI:		10.1093/ee/nvy126
ISSN/ISBN:		1938-2936 (Electronic) 0046-225X (Print) 0046-225X (Linking)
Abstract:		"We report here the pheromone of Megacyllene antennata (White) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a species native to southwestern North America whose larvae feed in woody tissues of mesquite (Prosopis species; Fabaceae). Adult males sex-specifically produced a blend of eight common natural products, including the monoterpene alcohol (S)-alpha-terpineol; the monoterpenes (S)-limonene and terpinolene; the aromatic alcohols (R)-1-phenylethanol and 2-phenylethanol; and (E)-2-hexenol, (E)-2-hexenal, and 1-hexanol. Individual males produced the components in varying amounts, but (S)-alpha-terpineol and (E)-2-hexenal were always present and together constituted the majority of the blend. A synthetic reconstruction of the complete blend attracted both males and females of M. antennata during field bioassays, as did all subsets of the blend that included (S)-alpha-terpineol and (E)-2-hexenol. Adults were most strongly attracted to blends of the latter two compounds when in ratios approaching parity. Neither of the compounds were present in the bouquet of volatiles emitted by host plants of the larvae"
Keywords:		Animals Coleoptera/*chemistry Cyclohexane Monoterpenes Cyclohexenes/*analysis Female Male Monoterpenes/*analysis Sex Attractants/*chemistry;
Notes:		"MedlineMitchell, Robert F Ray, Ann M Hanks, Lawrence M Millar, Jocelyn G eng K12 GM000708/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2018/08/24 Environ Entomol. 2018 Dec 7; 47(6):1547-1552. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvy126"