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SEX PHEROMONE OF THE FURNITURE CARPET BEETLE, ANTHRENUS FLAVIPES (COLEOPTERA: DERMESTIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. E. Burkholder ,
M. Ma ,
Y. Kuwahara  and
F. Matsumura
W. E. Burkholder
Affiliation:
Stored Products and Household Insects Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
M. Ma
Affiliation:
Stored Products and Household Insects Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Y. Kuwahara
Affiliation:
Stored Products and Household Insects Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
F. Matsumura
Affiliation:
Stored Products and Household Insects Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Abstract

Females of Anthrenus flavipes LeConte emit a sex pheromone and exhibit a calling behavior that is related to the release of the pheromone. Calling began after the onset of light, was most intense 1 to 2 h later, and ceased after 4 h of light when the insects were held in a 16:8 LD photoperiod. Chemical studies showed the presence of a major sex pheromone that is an unsaturated carboxylic acid.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 8 , August 1974 , pp. 835 - 839
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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