Female sex pheromone of a lichen moth Eilema japonica (Arctiidae, Lithosiinae): Components and control of production

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1986-1991

  Fujii, Takeshi ^a   Nakano, Ryo ^a   Takubo, Yoshiko ^b   Qian, Shuguang ^a   Yamakawa, Rei ^b   Ando, Tetsu ^b   Ishikawa, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Z,Z) 6,9 Dienes; (Z,Z,Z) 3,6,9 Trienes; Arctiidae; Eilema japonica japonica; Lithosiinae; Sex pheromone production

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; SEX PHEROMONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LICHEN; MOTH; SEX HORMONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, ACYCLIC; MALE; MOTHS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ARCTIIDAE; EILEMA; JAPONICA; LEPIDOPTERA; LITHOSIINAE;

EID: 77958515317     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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