title: Identification of the sex pheromone components secreted by female moths of Peridroma saucia (Noctuidae: Noctuinae).
abstract: The variegated cutworm, Peridroma saucia Hübner, is a lepidopteran pest to a large number of crops in Canada, the United States, and Europe. It was probably naturalized in Japan in the 1970s. The pheromone glands of the female moth include two components with electroantennographic activity in a ratio of 3:1. GC-MS analyses of pheromone extracts untreated and treated with dimethyl disulfide revealed the major component to be (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate and the minor component to be (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate. The synthetic pheromone was used to attract a large number of males in a vegetable field in Tokyo, which suggests that this species has already become a harmful pest in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inomata
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ando
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D004563:Electrochemistry; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D004220:Disulfides; D012724:Sex Attractants; C021181:dimethyl disulfide