title: 2-Phenylethanol, a presumed sexual stimulant produced by the male cabbage looper moth, Trichoplusia ni.
abstract: A sex pheromone produced by male cabbage looper moths, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner), has been isolated from the genital scent brushes and identified as 2-phenylethanol. It is shown conclusively to elicit specific behavioural responses in the female (such as wing vibration and abdominal elevation), as determined by a novel behavioural laboratory bioassay. This is taken as further evidence that the male pheromone of T. ni acts as a sexual stimulant (aphrodisiac) prior to mating. 2-Phenylethanol represents the first identification of a genital scent brush pheromone in the family Noctuidae, and of a male pheromone in the subfamily Plusiinae.
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol / Q000494:pharmacology; D010675:Pheromones / Q000502:physiology*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol