title: Sex pheromone of the scarab beetle Phyllophaga (Phytalus) georgiana (horn).
abstract: The sex pheromone of Phyllophaga (Phytalus) georgiana was characterized as valine methyl ester, tentatively the L-enantiomer. This is the first sex pheromone identified from the Phyllophaga subgenus Phytalus. The pheromone was extracted from female glands, the active component isolated by coupled gas chromatography-electroantennogram detection analysis, characterized by mass spectrometry, and shown to be active in field tests. The seasonal flight pattern was determined for P. georgiana as well as for three other species, P. anxia (both northern and southern genitalic forms), P. gracilis, and P. postrema. The latter three species were captured in traps baited with L-isoleucine methyl ester.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA. psr1@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Robbins
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nojima
authors.forename: Sridhar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polavarapu
authors.forename: Albrecht M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Koppenhöfer
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Saona
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Holdcraft
authors.forename: Nancy H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Consolie
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Peck
authors.forename: Wendell L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Roelofs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D012621:Seasons; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014633:Valine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012724:Sex Attractants; C541460:valine methyl ester; D014633:Valine