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A SEX ATTRACTANT FOR MALES OF THE EARLY CUTWORM, EUXOA TRISTICULA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. F. Steck ,
D. L. Struble ,
C. E. Lilly ,
M. D. Chisholm ,
E. W. Underhill  and
G. E. Swailes
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Abstract

Adult Euxoa tristicula (Morrison) males were specifically attracted to traps baited with Z-9-dodecenyl acetate (Z9-12:Ac) + n-dodecyl acetate (12:Ac). Best attractancy was obtained with 1:3 ratios of these components. Z-5- and Z-7-dodecenyl acetates and Z-9-tetradecenyl acetate inhibited lure attractancy. In electroantennogram measurements strong antennal responses were obtained only with 12:Ac, Z9-12:AC, and E9-12:Ac.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 3 , March 1979 , pp. 337 - 341
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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