title: Novel sex pheromone components from the fall cankerworm moth,Alsophila pometaria.
abstract: A sex pheromone extract from fall cankerworm moths,Alsophila pometaria, attracted conspecific males in field tests. Four EAG-active components were isolated from the extract and identified by GC-MS, highfield PMR spectroscopy, and microchemical techniques asn-nonadecane (I), (Z,Z,Z)-3,6,9-nonadecatriene (II), (Z,Z,Z,E)-3,6,9,11-nonadecatetraene (III), and (Z,Z,Z,Z)-3,6,9,11-nonadecatetrane (IV). Studies of the behavioral responses of male moths in a flight tunnel to the isolated components showed II, III, and IV were the major components of the sex pheromone. No sex pheromone behavioral responses were observed for I.
authors: National Research Council of Canada, Prairie Regional Laboratory, S7N 0W9, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Wong
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Palaniswamy
authors: E W
authors: EW
authors: Underbill
authors: W F
authors: WF
authors: Steck
authors: M D
authors: MD
authors: Chisholm