Sex Attractant for the Spotted Tentiform Leaf Miner Moth, Lithocolletis blancardella 12

1 June 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology

Vol. 6 (3) , 373-374
https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/6.3.373

Abstract

A potent attractant in the field for spotted tentiform leaf miner, Lithocolletis blancardella (F.) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), male moths was found to be ( E )-10-dodecenyl acetate. The compound was predicted from male antennal responses to monounsaturated acetates and alcohols.