Male-released sex pheromone of the stink bug Piezodorus hybneri

…, H Higuchi, CEB Marino, M Ono, J Meinwald

Index: Leal, Walter Soares; Kuwahara, Shigefumi; Shi, Xiongwei; Higuchi, Hiroya; Marino, Claudia E. B.; Ono, Mikio; Meinwald, Jerrold Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1998 , vol. 24, # 11 p. 1817 - 1829

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Abstract

Abstract Male-released semiochemicals of the stink bug Piezodorus hybneri (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) elicit attraction of male and female bugs and homosexual behavior in males. Three active components were isolated from the airborne volatiles of males by flash chromatography, with the activity monitored by GC-EAD and behavioral bioassay. The pheromone system was characterized as a mixture of β-sesquiphellandrene,(R)-15- ...