title: Identification of sex pheromone components ofSpodoptera sunia Guenée (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
abstract: Moths belonging to the speciesSpodoptera sunia have been recognized as a new pest of cotton in Central America. By means of electro-physiologic investigations, solid sample injection gas chromatography, and combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate, (9Z,12E)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate, (Z)-9-tetradecen-1-ol, and (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate, in a ratio of 100∶5∶31∶20, were identified in the pheromone gland of female insects. These substances should serve as a base for the development of a pheromone-monitoring system for this lepidopteran pest.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-8520, Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bestmann
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Attygalle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vostrowsky
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knauf