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Secondary Sex Pheromone Components of Choristoneura murinana Hb. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

  • Ernst Priesner , Hermann Bogenschütz and Christer Löfstedt

The alkenyl acetates E9-12:Ac, Δ11-12:Ac and Zll-14:Ac were identified as minor components of the C. murinana female pheromone blend by chemical analyses of volatile pheromone gland constituents and potential pheromone precursors, electrophysiological recordings from single receptor cells, and field trapping tests. Gland washes from virgin females contained these compounds at 3%, 10% and 5%. respectively, the amount of the primary pheromone component Z9-12:Ac already reported. A 0.3% addition of either Δ11 - 12 : Ac or Z11-14:Ac significantly raised trap captures over Z9-12:Ac alone and a 3-30% addition of either minor component revealed maximum captures, not increased further by including both synergists within the same blend. A functional role of the E9-12: Ac could not be established during this study; 3% of it when combined with the pheromonal ratio mixture of the three other components tended to increase trap captures further whereas in various other mixture combinations the E9-12:Ac strongly reduced captures. These inhibitory effects were more pronounced with attractant blends based on Δ11-14:Ac rather than Δ11-12:Ac. Each blend component activated its own type of antennal receptor cell.

Received: 1988-8-26
Published Online: 2014-6-2
Published in Print: 1988-12-1

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