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Chemical analysis of the pheromone blends produced by males and females of the neotropical moth,Mocis megas (Guénée) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Catocalinae)

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Pheromonal secretions produced by females and males of the noctuid moth,Mocis megas (Guénée) have been analyzed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (EI (electron impact) and CI (chemical ionization)). The female sex pheromone was a blend of (Z,Z,Z) 3,6,9 heneicosatriene (55%) and (Z,Z) 3,6-cis-9S, 10R-epoxyheneicosadiene (45%). Male secretion produced at the level of a prothoracic organ was a blend of two unsaturated major hydrocarbons: (Z,Z) 6,9 heneicosadiene, (64%) and (Z,Z,Z) 3,6,9 heneicosatriene (24%) and C19, C20 and C22 homologues (total ratio 12%), as minor components. The trienic hydrocarbon was present in both sexes. The behavioral role of this male secretion has not yet been elucidated.

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  1. Laboratoire des Médiateurs Chimiques, INRA, Domaine de Brouessy, Magny-les-Hameaux, F-78470, Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse, France

    C. Descoins, C. Malosse, M. Renou & B. Lalanne-Cassou

  2. Laboratoire d'Evolution des Systèmes Naturels et Modifiés, U. A. CNRS 0696, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 36 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, F-75005, Paris, France

    J. Le Duchat d'Aubigny

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Descoins, C., Malosse, C., Renou, M. et al. Chemical analysis of the pheromone blends produced by males and females of the neotropical moth,Mocis megas (Guénée) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Catocalinae). Experientia 46, 536–539 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01954259

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