ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND SYNTHESIS OF THE FEMALE SEX PHEROMONE OF THE TEA TUSSOCK MOTH, EUPROCTIS PSEUDOCONSPERSA (LEPIDOPTERA: LYMANTRIDAE) |
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| Authors: | Chenghua Zhao Jacelyn G Millar Zhizhong Wen Shikun Wang Xuying Wang Yufen Zhu |
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| Institution: | Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100080, China;Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, U. S. A.;Jiangxi Station of Forest Diseases and Pests Control, Nanchang 330006, China;Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100080, China;Institute of Applied Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Changchun 130021, China |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The sex attractant pheromone of the tea tussock moth, a serious economic pest of tea plantations in southern China, has been identified as 10,14-dimethylpentadecyl isobutyrate. A synthesis of the racemic form of the pheromone was developed, and traps baited with the synthetic compound at doses of 40–1000 micrograms captured male moths. The synthetic pheromone was as effective as a trap bait as, virgin female moths, or extracts of female moths. |
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| Keywords: | tea tussock moth Euproctis pseudoconspersa sex pheromone attractant 10 14-dimethylpentadecyl isobutyrate |
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