Reinvestigation of oak leaf roller sex pheromone components and the hypothesis that they vary with diet.
The sex pheromone of the oak leaf roller, Archips semiferanus, was identified as a specific blend (67:33) of trans-11- and cis-11-tetradecenyl acetates. The pheromone blend of females from a semisynthetic diet and from three oak species did not vary significantly. Males from these diets responsded in the laboratory and the field only to treatments approximating the 67 : 33 blend. These findings conflict with the hypothesis that the composition and perception of month sex pheromones vary with slight changes in diet.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004032:Diet; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000502:physiology*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000032:analysis; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000032:analysis; D013045:Species Specificity
D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants; C012056:11-tetradecenyl acetate