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AN ATTRACTANT FOR THE BEET WEBWORM, LOXOSTEGE STICTICALIS (LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. L. Struble  and
C. E. Lilly
D. L. Struble
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta
C. E. Lilly
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta
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Abstract

A sex pheromone was detected in female moths of the beet webworm, Loxostege sticticalis (L.). Laboratory tests with synthetic compounds established that the male moths exhibited sexual responses to E-11-tetradecen-1-yl acetate and they were attracted to this compound in the field. Mixtures of E-11-tetradecen-1-yl acetate containing 5, 10, or 80% of the Z-isomer inhibited the attraction of the male beet webworm moths. Mixtures containing 5 or 10% of the Z-isomer attracted male moths of Lymnaecia phragmitella Stainton (Cosmopterygidae). Male moths of Hysterosia cartwrightana Kearfott (Phaloniidae) were also attracted to E-11-tetradecen-1-yl acetate in traps placed at a height of 0.3 m, with only a few attracted to traps at 1 m as used for the beet webworm.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 2 , February 1977 , pp. 261 - 266
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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