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A SEX ATTRACTANT FOR MALES OF THE CUTWORM EUXOA PLEURITICA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Warren Steck ,
B. K. Bailey ,
M. D. Chisholm  and
E. W. Underhill
Warren Steck
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9
B. K. Bailey
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9
M. D. Chisholm
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9
E. W. Underhill
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W9
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Abstract

Male moths of Euxoa pleuritica (Grote) were strongly attracted to mixtures of Z7-dodecenyl acetate, Z7-dodecenyl alcohol, and Z5-dodecenyl acetate, the optimum ratios being in the range 5:1:1–5:5:1. The attractant worked best at very low dose levels and was entirely species-specific.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 110 , Issue 7 , 01 July 1978 , pp. 775 - 777
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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