Sex Pheromone Components in the New Zealand Brownheaded Leafroller. Ctenopseustis obliquana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Abstract

The sex pheromone of Ctenopseustis obliquana was found to contain (Z)-8-tetradecenyl acetate and (Z)-5-tetradecenyl acetate in approximately 4:1 ratio. No A 11-tetradecenyl compound was detected in C. obliquana, in contrast with the pheromones thus far reported from species of the tribe Archipini elsewhere in the world.