Abstract Female cowpea weevils, Callosobruchus maculatus, produce a sex pheromone that elicits orientation and sexual behavior in males. Bioassay-directed isolation of the sex pheromone was conducted and compounds in the active fraction were identified and synthesized. Volatiles were collected from individual virgin females by adsorption on filter paper dises and hexane extraction. A bioassay was used in which the locomotory ...
[Fujisawa, Tamotsu; Sato, Toshio; Gotoh, Yoshihiko; Kawashima, Masatoshi; Kawara, Tatsuo Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1982 , vol. 55, # 11 p. 3555 - 3559]
