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Sex pheromone of the cloaked pug moth, Eupithecia abietaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a pest of spruce cones

Wang, Hong-Lei LU ; Svensson, Glenn LU ; Jakobsson, Johan LU ; Jirle, Erling LU orcid ; Rosenberg, Olle ; Francke, Wittko ; Anderbrant, Olle LU ; Millar, Jocelyn G. and Löfstedt, Christer LU (2015) In Journal of Applied Entomology 139(5). p.352-360
Abstract
The sex pheromone of the cloaked pug moth, Eupithecia abietaria Götze, an important cone-feeding pest in spruce seed orchards in Europe, was investigated. Chemical and electrophysiological analyses of pheromone gland extracts of female moths and analogous analyses of synthetic hydrocarbons and epoxides of chain length C19 and C21 revealed (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-nonadecatriene (3Z,6Z,9Z-19:H) and 3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxynonadecadiene (3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxy-19:H) as candidate pheromone components, which were found in a gland extract in a ratio of 95 : 5. In field trapping experiments, conspecific males were only attracted to a combination of 3Z,6Z,9Z-19:H and the (9S,10R)-enantiomer of 3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxy-19:H. The (9R,10S)-enantiomer was not... (More)
The sex pheromone of the cloaked pug moth, Eupithecia abietaria Götze, an important cone-feeding pest in spruce seed orchards in Europe, was investigated. Chemical and electrophysiological analyses of pheromone gland extracts of female moths and analogous analyses of synthetic hydrocarbons and epoxides of chain length C19 and C21 revealed (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-nonadecatriene (3Z,6Z,9Z-19:H) and 3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxynonadecadiene (3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxy-19:H) as candidate pheromone components, which were found in a gland extract in a ratio of 95 : 5. In field trapping experiments, conspecific males were only attracted to a combination of 3Z,6Z,9Z-19:H and the (9S,10R)-enantiomer of 3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxy-19:H. The (9R,10S)-enantiomer was not attractive, which is in agreement with studies on other Eupithecia species, for which males have only been attracted by the (9S,10R)-enantiomer of epoxides. Subsequent experiments showed that E. abietaria males were attracted to a wide range of ratios of the two active compounds and that trap catches increased with increasing dose of the binary blend. A two-component bait containing 300 μg 3Z,6Z,9Z-19:H and 33 μg of the (9S,10R)-enantiomer of 3Z,6Z-cis-9,10-epoxy-19:H was efficient for monitoring E. abietaria in spruce seed orchards in southern Sweden, where this species has probably been overlooked as an important pest in the past. With sex pheromones recently identified for two other moths that are major pests on spruce cones, the spruce seed moth, Cydia strobilella L., and the spruce coneworm, Dioryctria abietella Denis & Schiffermüller, pheromone-based monitoring can now be achieved for the whole guild of cone-feeding moths in European spruce seed orchards. (Less)
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electrophysiology, field tests, gland extract analysis, pest management, spruce seed orchard
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Journal of Applied Entomology
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139
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5
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352 - 360
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0931-2048
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10.1111/jen.12167
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Pheromones for managing insects in spruce seed orchards
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English
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  author       = {{Wang, Hong-Lei and Svensson, Glenn and Jakobsson, Johan and Jirle, Erling and Rosenberg, Olle and Francke, Wittko and Anderbrant, Olle and Millar, Jocelyn G. and Löfstedt, Christer}},
  issn         = {{0931-2048}},
  keywords     = {{electrophysiology; field tests; gland extract analysis; pest management; spruce seed orchard}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{352--360}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Journal of Applied Entomology}},
  title        = {{Sex pheromone of the cloaked pug moth, <i>Eupithecia abietaria</i> (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a pest of spruce cones}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.12167}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/jen.12167}},
  volume       = {{139}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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