Environmental Entomology (1983) 12, 1597-1600

K.F. Haynes, L.K. Gaston, M. Mistrot Pope and T.C. Baker (1983)
Rate and periodicity of pheromone release from individual female artichoke plume moths, Platyptilia carduidactyla (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
Environmental Entomology 12 (5), 1597-1600
Abstract: The rate and periodicity of the emission of the sex pheromone [(Z)-11-hexadecenal] from the pheromone glands of individual female artichoke plume moths, Platyptilia carduidactyla, were quantified. The mean rate of volatilization of (Z)-11-hexadecenal from the glands of the moths peaked at 1.52 ± 0.41 (SE) ng/min during the scotophase, and was at low levels during the entire photophase. This periodicity in emission rate paralleled the behavioral periodicity of calling by females, indicating a close coordination of the biochemical and behavioral aspects of pheromone release. The highest recorded emission rate from a female P. carduidactyla was 5.1 ng/min. No other pheromone-like compounds were detected in these pheromone collections.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Platyptilia carduidactyla	Artichoke (Cynara)	U.S.A. (SW)