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Female sex pheromone of iris borer,Macronoctua onusta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
J A Klun1, J W Neal, B A Leonhardt
1U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Insect Chemical Ecology Laboratory, 20705, Beltsville, Maryland.
Abstract:
Chromatographic and mass spectrometry studies of heptane extracts of the ovipositors of the iris borer,Macronoctua onusta, showed that the females produce several compounds that are the same as those produced by females of the tobacco budworm,Heliothis virescens. In trapping experiments, a mixture of (Z)-11-hexadecenal, (Z)-11-hexadecen-1-ol, and (Z)-9-tetradecenal (94∶4∶2) proved to be the minimum set of compounds required to cause effective capture of iris borer males in the field.
