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. 1981 Jul;7(4):655-68.
doi: 10.1007/BF00990299.

Sex pheromone of the saltmarsh caterpillar moth,Estigmene acrea

A S Hill  1 , W L Roelofs
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Sex pheromone of the saltmarsh caterpillar moth,Estigmene acrea

A S Hill et al. J Chem Ecol. 1981 Jul.

Abstract

Three compounds have been identified as components of the sex pheromone emitted by females of the saltmarsh caterpillar moth,Estigmene acrea (Drury). These are (Z,Z)-9,12-octadecadienal (I), (Z,Z,Z)-9,12,15-octadecatrienal (II), and (Z,Z)-3,6-cis-9,10-epoxyheneicosadiene (III). In female tip extract they were found in a ratio of 1∶6∶25, respectively, and in trapped female effluvia the ratio was 1∶6∶27, respectively. Combinations of III with either I or II elicited sustained upwind flight in a wind tunnel, but none of these compounds by themselves did so. There is evidence that the antennal acceptor site for III is chiral.

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