Environmental Entomology (1972) 1, 651-653
R.S. Kaae, J.R. McLaughlin, H.H. Shorey and Lyle K. Gaston (1972)
Sex pheromones of Lepidoptera. XXXII. Disruption of intraspecific pheromone communication in various species of Lepidoptera by permeation of the air with looplure or hexalure
Environmental Entomology 1 (5), 651-653
Abstract: Experiments were conducted with 10 species representing 4 families of Lepidoptera to evaluate looplure ((Z)-7-dodecen-1-ol acetate, the sex pheromone of Trichoplusia ni (Hübner)) and hexalure ((Z)-7-hexadecen-1-ol acetate, an attractant for males of Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)) as agents for the disruption of sex pheromone communication. The species studied were: family Noctuidae - T. ni, Pseudoplusia includens Walker, Autographa californica (Speyer), Heliothis zea (Boddie), H. virescens (F.), Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) and S. ornithogalli Guenée; family Lyonetiidae - Bucculatrix thurberiella Busck; family Tortricidae - Platynota stultana Walsingham; and family Gelechiidae - P. gossypiella. Males of T. ni, A. californica, and P. includens were completely prevented from orienting to their respective pheromone releasing females in field plots containing high levels of looplure. Under these conditions, a high percentage of disruption of intraspecific pheromone communication also occurred between males and females of H. zea, H. virescens, S. ornithogalli, and P. gossypiella. Similarly, when hexalure was released into the atomsphere, a disruption of communication between males and females of several of these species was obtained.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
control - general
Pest and/or beneficial records:
| Beneficial | Pest/Disease/Weed | Crop/Product | Country | Quarant.
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spodoptera exigua | ||||
| Helicoverpa zea | ||||
| Trichoplusia ni | ||||
| Heliothis virescens | ||||
| Chrysodeixis includens | ||||
| Platynota stultana | ||||
| Pectinophora gossypiella | ||||
| Bucculatrix thurberiella | ||||
| Spodoptera ornithogalli | ||||
| Autographa californica |
