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. 1984 Mar;10(3):463-73.
doi: 10.1007/BF00988092.

Novel sex pheromone components from the fall cankerworm moth,Alsophila pometaria

J W Wong  1 , P Palaniswamy, E W Underbill, W F Steck, M D Chisholm
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Novel sex pheromone components from the fall cankerworm moth,Alsophila pometaria

J W Wong et al. J Chem Ecol. 1984 Mar.

Abstract

A sex pheromone extract from fall cankerworm moths,Alsophila pometaria, attracted conspecific males in field tests. Four EAG-active components were isolated from the extract and identified by GC-MS, highfield PMR spectroscopy, and microchemical techniques asn-nonadecane (I), (Z,Z,Z)-3,6,9-nonadecatriene (II), (Z,Z,Z,E)-3,6,9,11-nonadecatetraene (III), and (Z,Z,Z,Z)-3,6,9,11-nonadecatetrane (IV). Studies of the behavioral responses of male moths in a flight tunnel to the isolated components showed II, III, and IV were the major components of the sex pheromone. No sex pheromone behavioral responses were observed for I.

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