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MINOR SEX-PHEROMONE COMPONENTS OF MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) AND IMPROVED BLENDS FOR ATTRACTION OF MALE MOTHS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. L. Struble ,
G. L. Ayre  and
J. R. Byers
D. L. Struble
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1
G. L. Ayre
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2M9
J. R. Byers
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1
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The sex pheromone of bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata (Walker), was reported to be (Z)-11-hexadecenyl acetate (Z11-16:Ac) and an unidentified tetradecenyl acetate. Electroantennogram responses of male antennae to synthetic isomeric tetradecenyl acetates and attractancy tests under field conditions showed that the highest number of males were captured with a blend of Z9-14:Ac: Z11-16:Ac in a ratio of 1:19 (Underhill et al. 1977). This blend has been useful for monitoring the relative abundances of bertha armyworm; however, in 162 monitor traps in southern Alberta from 1979 to 1982, the catches consisted of 18.4% Agroperina cogitata (Sm)

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 116 , Issue 1 , January 1984 , pp. 103 - 105
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1984

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