title: Study of female sex pheromone of leopard moth,Zeuzera pyrina L. Isolation and identification of three components.
abstract: Three compounds have been identified in the abdominal tip extracts from the female leopard moth,Zeuzera pyrina L. Gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectroscopy data showed that (E, Z)-2, 13-octadecadien-1-ol acetate was the main component and that (Z)-13-octadecen-1-ol acetate and octadecan-1-ol acetate were secondary components. The electroanten-nographic responses of maleZ. pyrina to nanogram amounts of all four 2, 13-octadecadien-1-ol acetate isomers indicated that theE, Z isomer had the maximum activity. A strong EAG response was also recorded for (Z)-7-do-decen-1-ol acetate, which was not detected in the female extracts.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Guido Donegani Spa Centro Ricerche Novara, Via G. Fauser, 4, 28100, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tonini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cassani
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Massardo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guglielmetti
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Castellari