Identification of sex pheromone component of spruce budmothZeiraphera canadensis

P J Silk; E W Butterworth; L P Kuenen; C J Northcott; E Dunkelblum; E G Kettela

doi:10.1007/BF01020374

Identification of sex pheromone component of spruce budmothZeiraphera canadensis

J Chem Ecol. 1989 Oct;15(10):2435-44. doi: 10.1007/BF01020374.

Authors

P J Silk¹, E W Butterworth, L P Kuenen, C J Northcott, E Dunkelblum, E G Kettela

Affiliation

¹ Pheromone Research Group, Research and Productivity Council, College Hill Road, P. 0. Box 20000, E3B 6C2, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

PMID: 24271540
DOI: 10.1007/BF01020374

Abstract

The analyses of virgin female sex pheromone gland extracts by gas chromatography (GC), GC-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) followed by field-trapping experiments, have identified (E)-9-tetradecenyl acetate (E9-14:Ac) as the primary sex pheromone component of the spruce budmoth,Zeiraphera canadensis. Dosages of 1.0-100.0 [Symbol: see text]g ofE9-14:Ac impregnated in rubber septa provide effective trap baits.