Sex pheromone of female vine bud moth, Theresimima ampellophaga comprises (2S)-butyl (7Z)-tetradecenoate

M Subchev, A Harizanov, W Francke, S Franke…

Index: Subchev; Harizanov; Francke; Franke; Plass; Reckziegel; Schroeder; Pickett; Wadhams; Woodcock Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1998 , vol. 24, # 7 p. 1141 - 1151

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Abstract

Abstract The sex pheromone of the vine bud moth, Theresimima ampellophaga, released at the 3rd–5th abdominal tergites, was identified by coupled GC-EAG, GC-MS, and synthesis as (2 S)-butyl (7 Z)-tetradecenoate. For the first time, full stereochemistry is unambiguously defined for the sex pheromone of a member of the Zygaenidae. The synthetic compound caught significant numbers of males in field-trapping experiments.