cis-Vaccenyl acetate, a female-produced sex pheromone component of Ortholeptura valida, a longhorned beetle in the subfamily Lepturinae

J Chem Ecol. 2011 Feb;37(2):173-8. doi: 10.1007/s10886-011-9908-5. Epub 2011 Jan 28.

Abstract

We report the identification, synthesis, and field bioassays of a female-produced sex attractant pheromone component of the cerambycid beetle Ortholeptura valida (LeConte). Headspace volatiles from females contained a female-specific compound, (Z)-11-octadecen-1-yl acetate, which elicited a strong response from antennae of adult males in coupled gas chromatography-electroantennogram analyses. In field bioassays, significant numbers of males were collected by traps baited with this compound. The pheromone represents a new structural class of cerambycid pheromones, and is the first pheromone identified for a cerambycid species in the subfamily Lepturinae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acetates / analysis*
  • Animals
  • Biological Assay
  • Coleoptera / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Male
  • Oleic Acids / analysis*
  • Pheromones / analysis*
  • Sex Attractants / chemistry*
  • Sex Attractants / metabolism*
  • Sex Characteristics*

Substances

  • Acetates
  • Oleic Acids
  • Pheromones
  • Sex Attractants
  • cis-vaccenyl acetate