title: Pheromone components from body scales of female Anarsia lineatella induce contacts by conspecific males.
abstract: Pheromonal communication of adult peach twig borers, Anarsia lineatella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), was reinvestigated based on recent findings that virgin female-baited traps were more attractive to mate-seeking males than a two-component synthetic sex pheromone consisting of (E)-5-decen-1-yl acetate (1000 microg) and (E)-5-decen-1-ol (100 microg), suggesting that females use additional pheromone components. Hypothesizing that these additional components may be released from body parts other than abdominal sex pheromone glands, we extracted female body scales and analyzed aliquots by coupled gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry. Eight straight-chain and four methylated aliphatic hydrocarbons, as well as two acetates, all elicited responses from excised male antennae. In laboratory experiments with synthetic candidate pheromone components, a combination of octadecyl acetate, (R)-11-methyltricosane, and (S)-11-methyltricosane in the presence of gland-derived sex pheromone components were shown to elicit contact of female decoys by males. However, body pheromone components did not enhance attractiveness of sex pheromone components in field trapping experiments, suggesting that they are effective only at close range and that other stimuli are responsible for superior attractiveness of female-baited traps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada.
authors.forename: Kristine K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Schlamp
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gries
authors.forename: Grigori
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khaskin
authors.forename: Kendra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Khaskin
authors.forename: Gary J R
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Judd
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gries
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D012724:Sex Attractants; C101383:5-decenyl acetate