Hybrid Sex Pheromones of the Hibiscus Flower-bud Borer, Rehimena surusalis.
The sex pheromone of the hibiscus flower borer Rehimena surusalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was analyzed by gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Three EAD-active components were found in crude pheromone gland extracts of calling females. GC/MS and GC analyses using synthetic chemicals and derivatization of the extracts identified three components as (10E,12Z)-hexadeca-10,12-dienal (E10,Z12-16:Ald,), (10E,12E)-hexadeca-10,12-dienyl acetate (E10,Z12-16:OAc), and (3Z,6Z,9Z)-tricosa-3,6,9-triene (Z3,Z6,Z9-23:HC). In field tests, male moths were strongly attracted to a ternary blend of E10,Z12-16:Ald, E10,Z12-16:OAc, and Z3,Z6,Z9-23:HC at a ratio of 1:5:14, but single and binary blends showed only weak or no attraction.
Hiroshi
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Honda
Ryokuhei
R
Yamasaki
Yoko
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Sumiuchi
Takuya
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Uehara
Shigeru
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Matsuyama
Tetsu
T
Ando
Hideshi
H
Naka
D000818:Animals; D057506:Arthropod Antennae / Q000378:metabolism*; D002633:Chemotaxis; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000502:physiology*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants; C010411:insect attractants