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Relative Attractiveness of (10E)-Dodecen-1-yl Acetate and (4E,10E)-Dodecadien-1-yl Acetate to Male Spotted Tentiform Leafminers Phyllonorycter blancardella (F.)

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The antennae of male spotted tentiform leafminers, Phyllonorycter blancardella, from Ontario, Canada, exhibited similar electroantennogram responses when stimulated with E10-12:Ac or E4,E10-12:Ac. In field trapping experiments, E10-12:Ac was two-fold or more attractive than E4,E10-12:Ac, and E4,E10-12:Ac did not enhance the attractiveness of E10-12:Ac. E4,E10-12:Ac has not been identified in the pheromone of P. blancardella and it is hypothesized that the structural similarity of this compound and E10-12:Ac, the major pheromone compound of this species, may be responsible for the electrophysiological and behavioral responses to E4,E10-12:Ac. The possible reasons for the disparity between the results of our field trapping experiments and those carried out in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Massachusetts, USA., where E4,E10-12:Ac was found to be two to four times more attractive to P. blancardella than E10-12:Ac, are discussed.

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  1. Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada, L0R 2E0

    A. M. El-Sayed, L. I. Wainman & R. M. Trimble

  2. Department of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology KTH, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden

    E. M. Santangelo & C. R. Unelius

  3. Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, University of Kalmar, SE-391 82, Kalmar, Sweden

    C. R. Unelius

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El-Sayed, A.M., Wainman, L.I., Santangelo, E.M. et al. Relative Attractiveness of (10E)-Dodecen-1-yl Acetate and (4E,10E)-Dodecadien-1-yl Acetate to Male Spotted Tentiform Leafminers Phyllonorycter blancardella (F.). J Chem Ecol 30, 1827–1838 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOEC.0000042404.34192.70

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