Sex pheromone of the spotted tentiform leafminer moth Phyllonorycter blancardella (Fabr.) (Lep., Gracillariidae)

• Published in: Journal of applied entomology (1986) Vol. 123; no. 10; pp. 603 - 606
• Main Authors: Mozuraitis, R, Borg-Karlson, A.K, Buda, V, Ivinskis, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science, Ltd 01-10-1999; Blackwell
• Subjects: (e)-10-dodecenol; (E)-10-Dodecenyl acetate; animal communication; animal glands; Biochemistry. Physiology. Immunology; Biological and medical sciences; chemical composition; Control; dodecyl acetate; extracts; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Insecta; Integrated pest control; Invertebrates; leafminers; pheromone glands; pheromone traps; Phyllonorycter blancardella; Physiology. Development; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Protozoa. Invertebrates; sex attractants; sex pheromones; Lithuania; Eastern Europe; Europe; Attractant; Sex pheromone; Biochemical analysis; Extraction process; Insecta; Chemical structure; Acetate; Gracillariidae; Solid phase microextraction; Phyllonorycter blancardella; Pest; Alkenol; Arthropoda; Trans stereoisomer; Lepidoptera; Invertebrata; Integrated pest management; Semiochemicals
• ISSN: 0931-2048; 1439-0418; 1439-0418
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00408.x

Dodecyl acetate (12:OAc) (E)‐10‐dodecenyl acetate (E10‐12:OAc) and (E)‐10‐dodecenol (E10‐12:OH) in the ratio 8 : 80 : 12 were collected by solid phase micro‐extraction of the volatiles emitted by virgin signalling females of the spotted tentiform leafminer moth, Phyllonorycter blancardella. The same compounds in the ratio 8 : 79 : 13 were extracted from the sex pheromone glands of virgin signalling females of the same species. The chemical structures of the compounds were identified by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Trapping results obtained from field tests using synthetic components of the sex pheromone demonstrated that only one component, E10–12:OAc, was essential for the attraction of conspecific males and should be considered as a sex pheromone.