✦ LIBER ✦
Sec-butyl (Z)-7-tetradecenoate. A novel sex pheromone component from the western grapeleaf skeletonizer, harrsina brillians.
✍ Scribed by Joel Myerson; William F. Haddon; Edwin L. Soderstrom
- Book ID
- 104220949
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
The first reported instance of an unsaturated set-butyl ester as a lepidopteran sex pheromone is described including its identmcation and synthesis.
Defoliation of grapevines by the western grapeleaf skeletonizer (WGLS), Harrisina brillians, Barnes, McDunnough (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae), poses a threat to California grape production. The stinging hairs on the larvae can also produce skin welts on vineyard workers. In order to aid in