Sex pheromone of South American tortricid moth Argyrotaenia sphaleropa

J Chem Ecol. 2002 Feb;28(2):425-32. doi: 10.1023/a:1017998511446.

Abstract

By means of electroantennographic detection and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the sex pheromone of Argyrotaenia sphaleropa was identified as a mixture of (Z)-11-tetradecenal, (Z)-11,13-tetradecadienal, (Z)-11-tetradecenyl acetate, and (Z)-11,13-tetradecadienyl acetate in the ratio of 1:4:10:40. Best trap catches were obtained with mixtures of (Z)-11-tetradecenal and (Z)-11,13-tetradecadienal in the ratio of 1:4 to 1:9.

MeSH terms

  • Aldehydes / chemistry*
  • Aldehydes / isolation & purification
  • Aldehydes / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Electrophysiology
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Moths*
  • Movement
  • Sex Attractants / chemistry*
  • Sex Attractants / isolation & purification
  • Sex Attractants / pharmacology
  • Smell

Substances

  • Aldehydes
  • Sex Attractants