Identification of 4 Sex Pheromone Components Isolated from Calling Females of Mamestra brassicae

Abstract

Evidence obtained by glass capillary gas chromatography coupled to an electroantennographic detector or a mass spectrometer confirmed that Z-11-hexadecenyl acetate is the major component in the pheromone gland washes of calling Mamestra brassicae female moths. Three other components were identified, tetradecanyl acetate, hexadecanyl acetate and E-11-hexadecenyl acetate; but none of these had obvious synergistic effects in attracting males in field tests. The attraction of males to Z-11-hexadecenyl acetate was inhibited by 0.1% Z-11-hexadecenol or 1% Z-9-tetradecenyl acetate. © 1980, Walter de Gruyter. All rights reserved.