Identification and Field Evaluation of the Sex Pheromone of Orthaga achatina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Abstract Orthaga achatina (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is the most serious pest in south China of camphor trees, Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl, an important urban tree species. Gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) of the sex pheromone of O. achatina showed three EAD-active components. Coupled gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses identified these as (Z)-11-hexadecenol (Z11–16:OH), (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate (Z11–16:OAc), and (3Z,6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z)-tricosapentaene (Z3,Z6,Z9,Z12,Z15–23:H). In field tests using different combinations of the three compounds, male moths were attracted to a mixture of Z11–16:OAc and Z3,Z6,Z9,Z12,Z15–23:H, but less attracted to other blends. Further field tests with different ratios of the two compounds determined the optimal ratio of the binary blend as 500:250. The addition of Z11–16:OH to Z11–16:OAc, or to the binary mixture of Z11–16: OAc and the pentaene did not yield higher catches. This shows that O. achatina uses a mixture of Type I and Type II sex pheromone components. Orthaga achatina is the third Pyraloidea species found to utilize Z3,Z6,Z9,Z12,Z15–23:H as a sex pheromone component..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Journal of chemical ecology - 44(2018), 10 vom: 09. Aug., Seite 886-893

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yan, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hai-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Zhan-Feng [VerfasserIn]
You, Xi-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Mu, Lan-Fang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shi-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Kong, Xiang-Bo [VerfasserIn]
Khuhro, Sajjad Ali [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Shuang-Lin [VerfasserIn]

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43.12

Themen:

(
(3
)-11-hexadecenol
)-11-hexadecenyl acetate
)-tricosapentaene
,12
,15
,6
,9
Chemical communication
Pyralidae

doi:

10.1007/s10886-018-0997-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

SPR014345218