Environmental Entomology (1987) 16, 1030-1033

R.R. Heath and P.J. Landolt (1987)
M-5-decen-1-ol acetate: the major sex pheromone component of Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Plusiinae)
Environmental Entomology 16 (4), 1030-1033
Abstract: (Z)-5-decen-l-ol acetate was isolated from extracts of abdominal tips of female Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius) and was identified by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. In a flight-tunnel bioassay, this compound elicited upwind anemotactic flight by males to the pheromone dispenser at dosages equivalent to amounts extracted from one female abdominal tip. (Z)-5-decen-l-ol acetate was also attractive to male A. verruca in the field, as indicated by catches in traps baited with this chemical. (Z)-7-dodecen-1-ol acetate, the major component of the female sex pheromone of numerous other Plusiinae, was not detected in A. verruca female abdominal-tip extracts.
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Database assignments for author(s): Peter J. Landolt

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Argyrogramma verruca