title: Chemical composition of sex pheromone of oriental fruit moth and rates of release by individual female moths.
abstract: The sex pheromone emitted by individual calling females of the oriental fruit moth,Grapholita molesta, was trapped within glass capillaries, and the composition and release rates were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Aerial release of (Z)-8-dodecenyl acetate ranged up to 25.3 ng/hr, while the mean release rate was 8.48 ± 7.26 ng/hr (±SD). The proportion of (E)-8-dodecenyl acetate to (Z)-8-dodecenyl acetate was remarkably constant (4.20 ± 0.60%). Significant amounts of dodecyl acetate were also recovered but, contrary to previous reports, only trace quantities of (Z)-8-dodecenol were detected in the effluvium.
authors.affiliation: Division of Entomology, CS1RO, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lacey
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sanders