Environmental Entomology (1985) 14, 427-432

D.A. Rider and R.S. Berger (1985)
Toxicity and electrophysiological and behavioral effects of insecticide-pheromone-related chemicals on cabbage looper moths
Environmental Entomology 14 (4), 427-432
Abstract: Three insecticide-pheromone-related chemicals, the methyl carbamate, the diethylphosphate, and the 3-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate of (Z)-7-dodecenol, were prepared, and their toxicity as well as their effects on electrical activity of antennae and flight behavior of cabbage looper moths in response to pheromone stimulation were determined. Acute toxicity of the chemicals was low. Electroantennograms indicated no inhibition of pheromone receptors or mechanisms for pheromone inactivation. Moth flight behavior in a wind tunnel was adversely affected by long exposure to the chemicals. None of the three chemicals appears to be as active as the moth's own pheromone in causing habituation and disruption of normal pheromone-induced behavior.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Trichoplusia ni