Sex Pheromone Activity of Synthetic Periplanone-B in Male Cockroaches of Genera Periplaneta and Blatta

Abstract

Pheromone activity of synthetic periplanone-B (PB) was bioassayed in six species of genera Periplaneta and Blatta. The activity was very high in the males of P. americana and low in the males of P. japonica, P. brunnea and B. orientalis. Attractivity of PB to the males of Periplaneta species was tested in houses at several locations. PB in traps attracted P. brunnea and P. japonica in addition to conspecific P. americana. © 1988, Pesticide Science Society of Japan. All rights reserved.