Close-range attraction of female oriental fruit moths to herbal scent of male hairpencils.
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A blend of ethyl trans-cinnamate, methyl 2-epijasmonate, methyl jasmonate, and (R)-(-)-mellein, identified from the hairpencils of male Oriental fruit moths, attracts sex pheromone-releasing females several centimeters away. The chemicals thereby duplicate the behavioral effect elicited by hairpencil-displaying males during courtship; the chemicals also produce the herbal scent emanating from the hairpencils.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 214 4527 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981