Olefinic acetates, Δ-9,11-14:OAc and Δ-7,9-12:OAc used as sex pheromone components in three geometrid moths, Idaea aversata, I. straminata, and I. biselata (Geometridae, Lepidoptera)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1505-1526

  Zhu, Junwei ^a   Ryrholm, Nils ^b   Ljungberg, Håkan ^a   Hansson, Bill S ^a   Hall, David ^c   Reed, Darwin ^d   Löfstedt, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

(Z,E) 7,9 dodecadienyl acetate; (Z,Z) 7,9 dodecadienyl acetate; (Z,Z) 9,11 tetradecadienyl acetate; biosynthesis; electroantenography; evolution; Geometridae; Idaea aversata; Idaea biselata; Idaea straminata; Lepidoptera; phylogeny; Sex pheromone; single cell recording

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIDAE; IDAEA AVERSATA; IDAEA BISELATA; IDAEA STRAMINATA; LEPIDOPTERA; STERRHINAE;

EID: 0029830813     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02027728     Document Type: Article

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