Sex pheromone of horse-chestnut leafminer Camneraria ohridella and its use in a pheromone-based monitoring system

J Chem Ecol. 2003 Feb;29(2):387-404. doi: 10.1023/a:1022686029051.

Abstract

Gas chromatography combined with electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD), electroantennography (EAG), and wind-tunnel and field experiments were used to reinvestigate the composition of Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Lithocolletinae) sex pheromone. The GC-EAD experiments showed one EAD-active area corresponding to the major pheromone component. (8E,10Z)-tetradeca-8,10-dienal. The EAG experiments proved that (9E)-tetracedecenal and stereoisomers of (8E,10Z)-tetradeca-8,10-dienal exhibited significant electrophysiological activity and could, therefore, be considered as possible minor pheromone components. However, wind-tunnel and field experiments demonstrated that none of these compounds affect the efficacy of the main pheromone component. A monitoring system based on (8E,10Z)tetradeca-8,10-dienal was developed and used to study the flight activity of C. ohridella.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Electrophysiology
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Flight, Animal
  • Lepidoptera / chemistry*
  • Population Dynamics
  • Sex Attractants / pharmacology*
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Wind

Substances

  • Sex Attractants