Chrysanthemyl 2-acetoxy-3-methylbutanoate: the sex pheromone of the citrophilous mealybug, Pseudococcus calceolariae

✍ Scribed by Ashraf M. El-Sayed; C. Rikard Unelius; Andrew Twidle; Vanessa Mitchell; Lee-Anne Manning; Lyn Cole; David M. Suckling; M. Fernanda Flores; Tania Zaviezo; Jan Bergmann

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 297 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.12.106

✦ Synopsis

a b s t r a c t Headspace volatiles collected from virgin females of the citrophilous mealybug, Pseudococcus calceolariae, contain three compounds not present in the headspace of control samples. The main female-specific compound is identified as

Traps baited with 100 lg and 1000 lg of chrysanthemyl 2-acetoxy-3-methylbutanoate captured 4-and 20-fold more males than traps baited with virgin females.