Close-Range Attraction of Female Oriental Fruit Moths to Herbal Scent of Male Hairpencils
- 18 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 214 (4527), 1359-1361
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.214.4527.1359
Abstract
A blend of ethyl trans-cinnamate, methyl 2-epijasmonate, methyl jasmonate, and (R)-(–)-mellein, identified from the hairpencils of male Oriental fruit moths, attracts sex pheromone-releasing females several centimeters away. The chemicals thereby duplicate the behavioral effect elicited by hairpencil-displaying males during courtship; the chemicals also produce the herbal scent emanating from the hairpencils.This publication has 42 references indexed in Scilit:
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