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(E4,E10)-dodecadienyl acetate: Novel sex pheromone component of tentiform leafminer,Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

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(E4,E10)-dodecadienyl acetate (E4,E10-12∶OAc) is a newly discovered sex pheromone component of the tentiform leafminer,Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner). In apple orchards, traps baited with 1Μg ofE4,E1012∶OAc attractedP. mespilella in British Columbia andP. blancardella (F.) in Massachusetts and Nova Scotia. The compound was identified inP. mespilella by gas chromatographic-electroantennographic analysis (GC-EAD) of pheromone gland extracts, retention index calculations, EAD profiles toE3 toE10 dodecenyl acetates, and synthesis of candidate pheromone components. Even thoughE4,E10-12∶OAc was not detected in gland extracts by GC-mass spectroscopy, several factors indicate that it is female-produced. Antennal responses to gland extracts coincided with authenticE4,E10-12∶OAc on four GC columns with different retention characteristics.E4,E10-12∶OAc andE10-12∶OAc, a known female-produced pheromone component, elicited equally strong EAD responses. In field tests,E4,E10-12∶OAc was two to four times more attractive thanE10-12∶OAc. There was no additive or synergistic effect between the two components.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

    G. Gries, H. L. McBrien, R. Gries & J. H. Borden

  2. Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

    Jianxiong Li, K. N. Slessor & P. D. C. Wimalaratne

  3. Agriculture Canada Research Station, VOH 1ZO, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada

    G. J. R. Judd

  4. Agriculture Canada Research Station, B4N 1J5, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

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  5. Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

    M. Christie

  6. Agriculture Canada Research Station, V6T 1X2, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    J. T. Troubridge

  7. 102-1000 Park Blvd., V8V 2T4, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    E. W. Underhill

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Gries, G., McBrien, H.L., Gries, R. et al. (E4,E10)-dodecadienyl acetate: Novel sex pheromone component of tentiform leafminer,Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). J Chem Ecol 19, 1789–1798 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00982308

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