Sex Pheromone Components in the New Zealand Greenheaded Leafroller Planotortrix excessana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
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Sex Pheromone, Tetradecenyl Acetates, Planotortrix excessana, Tortricidae, Sibling Species Planotortrix excessana was found to include moths of two distinct pheromone-types which were not mutually attractive. Tetradecyl acetate and (Z)-8-tetradecenyl acetate were identified as pheromone components in one, and two other tetradecenyl acetates, probably (Z)-5and (Z)-7tetradecenyl acetate, in the other. By contrast with other pherom ones reported from the tribe Archipini, A 11-tetradecenyl compounds were not found in either pheromone-type.
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