(2S,12Z)-2-Acetoxy-12-heptadecene: major sex pheromone component of pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella.
The sex pheromone of the pistachio twig borer, Kermania pistaciella (Lepidoptera: Oinophilidae), one of the most important insect pests of pistachio, Pistacia vera, in Turkey and Iran, was identified. In gas chromatographic-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometric analyses of pheromone gland extracts of female K. pistaciella from Turkey, (2S,12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene was identified as the major candidate pheromone component. In field experiments in Turkey, lures containing synthetic (2S,12Z)-2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene attracted large numbers of male moths. Its attractiveness was significantly reduced by the presence of the R-enantiomer or of either enantiomer of the corresponding alcohol. (2S,12Z)-2-Acetoxy-12-heptadecene is the first pheromone component identified in the Oinophilidae and the first secondary acetate pheromone component identified in the Lepidoptera.
Gries
Regine
R
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6. gries@sfu.ca
Khaskin
Grigori
G
Daroogheh
Hassan
H
Mart
Cafer
C
Karadag
Serpil
S
Er
M Kubilay
MK
Britton
Robert
R
Gries
Gerhard
G
D000085:Acetates; D000475:Alkenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000737:chemistry*; D027927:Pistacia; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014421:Turkey
C519799:2-acetoxy-12-heptadecene; D000085:Acetates; D000475:Alkenes; D012724:Sex Attractants