Sex Pheromone of the Pine False Webworm Acantholyda erythrocephala

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Article

Publication Date

2009

Publication Title

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Abstract

Females of the pine false webworm Acantholyda erythrocephala (L) produce the sex pheromone (Z)-6,14-pentadecadienal, which attracts flying males in the field. By using gas chromatography coupled with electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and mass spectrometry (GC-MS), we detected (Z)-6,14-pentadecadienal in volatile collections and in whole body extracts of female A. erythrocephala.

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