Chemical, electrophysiological, and behavioral investigations on the sex pheromone of lackey moth, Malacosoma neustrium

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2057-2069

  Rotundo, Giuseppe ^a   Germinara, Giacinto Salvatore ^a   De Cristofaro, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

(E,Z) 5,7 dodecadienal; (E,Z) 5,7 dodecadienol; Electroantennography; Field trapping; Malacosoma neustrium; Sex pheromone; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOTH; SEX PHEROMONE; WIND TUNNEL;

LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA NEUSTRIA; MALACOSOMA NEUSTRIUM;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACETATES; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; MOTHS; SEASONS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 21644483968     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000045595.75746.42     Document Type: Article

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