title: cis-Vaccenyl acetate, a female-produced sex pheromone component of Ortholeptura valida, a longhorned beetle in the subfamily Lepturinae.
abstract: We report the identification, synthesis, and field bioassays of a female-produced sex attractant pheromone component of the cerambycid beetle Ortholeptura valida (LeConte). Headspace volatiles from females contained a female-specific compound, (Z)-11-octadecen-1-yl acetate, which elicited a strong response from antennae of adult males in coupled gas chromatography-electroantennogram analyses. In field bioassays, significant numbers of males were collected by traps baited with this compound. The pheromone represents a new structural class of cerambycid pheromones, and is the first pheromone identified for a cerambycid species in the subfamily Lepturinae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. raya6@xavier.edu
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Alenka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zunič
authors.forename: Ronald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Alten
authors.forename: J Steven
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: McElfresh
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hanks
authors.forename: Jocelyn G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Millar
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000032:analysis*; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D009829:Oleic Acids; D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants; C505385:cis-vaccenyl acetate