Sex Pheromones of Noctuid Moths. X. The Morphology and Histology of the Female Sex Pheromone Gland of Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)12

1 November 1966

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Vol. 59 (6) , 1166-1169
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/59.6.1166

Abstract

The gland that produces the female sex pheromone of Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) is an eversible sac of glandular epithelium situated dorsally in the intersegmental membrane between the eighth and ninth abdominal segments. Histological studies indicate that the pheronione is continuously secreted by females 1–7 days old. Dissection and chemical assay confirmed that the organ described produces the pheromone.