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Hybrid Sex Pheromones of the Hibiscus Flower-bud Borer, Rehimena surusalis

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The sex pheromone of the hibiscus flower borer Rehimena surusalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was analyzed by gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Three EAD-active components were found in crude pheromone gland extracts of calling females. GC/MS and GC analyses using synthetic chemicals and derivatization of the extracts identified three components as (10E,12Z)-hexadeca-10,12-dienal (E10,Z12-16:Ald,), (10E,12E)-hexadeca-10,12-dienyl acetate (E10,Z12-16:OAc), and (3Z,6Z,9Z)-tricosa-3,6,9-triene (Z3,Z6,Z9-23:HC). In field tests, male moths were strongly attracted to a ternary blend of E10,Z12-16:Ald, E10,Z12-16:OAc, and Z3,Z6,Z9-23:HC at a ratio of 1:5:14, but single and binary blends showed only weak or no attraction.

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This work was supported in part by a grant-in-aid for scientific research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan [KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) No. 25450071]. We thank Dr. DeMar Taylor for improving the English of the manuscript.

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  1. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan

    Hiroshi Honda & Shigeru Matsuyama

  2. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan

    Ryokuhei Yamasaki, Yoko Sumiuchi & Takuya Uehara

  3. Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan

    Tetsu Ando

  4. Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Koyama Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan

    Hideshi Naka

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Honda, H., Yamasaki, R., Sumiuchi, Y. et al. Hybrid Sex Pheromones of the Hibiscus Flower-bud Borer, Rehimena surusalis . J Chem Ecol 41, 1043–1049 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0638-y

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