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Alarm pheromone system of leaf-footed bugLeptoglossus zonatus (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

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The alarm pheromone system ofLeptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) adults was shown to be composed of hexyl acetate, hexanol, hexanal, and hexanoic acid. Single components tested in the field elicited dispersive behavior of over 70% of adults. 2-(E)-Hexenal, found in the secretion of nymphs, but not in the exudates of adults, was also active against adults. In addition, first-instar nymphs responded to the four components of the alarm pheromone of adults as well as to 2-(E)-hexenal, a component of their own alarm pheromone system. Adults and nymphs possess different alarm pheromone systems, which are not specific to their own life stage. That hemipteran alarm pheromone systems are not species-specific was supported by the fact that both adult and nymphL. zonatus responded to butanoic acid, an alarm pheromone of Alydidae, which was not found in this Coreidae species.

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  1. Department of Insect Physiology and Behavior, National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science (NISES), 1-2 Ohwashi, 305, Tsukuba-shi, Japan

    Walter Soares Leal

  2. Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Soja (CNPSo), Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Londrina, 86001, Paraná, Brasil

    Antônio Ricardo Panizzi & Cintia Carla Niva

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Soares Leal, W., Ricardo Panizzi, A. & Carla Niva, C. Alarm pheromone system of leaf-footed bugLeptoglossus zonatus (Heteroptera: Coreidae). J Chem Ecol 20, 1209–1216 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02059755

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