Sex pheromone levels in pheromone glands and identification of the pheromone and hydrocarbons in the hemolymph of the moth Scoliopteryx libatrix L. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-43

  Subchev, M ^a   Jurenka, R A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkenes; Hemolymph transport; Hydrocarbon; Methyl branched alkanes; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

13 METHYL Z6 HENEICOSENE; 13-METHYL-Z6-HENEICOSENE; ALKENE; HYDROCARBON; INSECT PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTH;

ALKENES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HYDROCARBONS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 0035347152     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.1033     Document Type: Article

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