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Semiochemicals of Abraxas grossulariata, the Currant moth

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Lepidoptera
Family:  Geometridae
Subfamily:  Ennominae
Genus:  Abraxas
Tribe:  Boarmiini
Author:  Linnaeus
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Semiochemical(s):

  Toth M  1994a  Z. Naturforsch. C  49: 516   
    Z6Z9-3S4R-epo-17Hy    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   A
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
  
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		Hungary 
 
  Toth M  1992a  J. Chem. Ecol.  18: 13   
    Z6Z9-cis3,4-epo-17Hy    0.42 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   * ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
   		F
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
   		ng
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		Hungary 
    Z3Z6Z9-17Hy    0.13 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   * ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦    
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		 
    Z3Z6-cis9,10-epo-17Hy    0.04 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦    
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		 
 

Reference(s):

Tóth, M., Szöcs, G., Francke, W., Schmidt, F., Philipp, P., Löfstedt, C., Hansson, B.S., and Farag, A.I. 1994a. Pheromonal production of and response to optically active epoxydienes in some geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Z. Naturforsch. C. 49:516-521.
 
Tóth, M., Buser, H.R., Guerin, P.M., Arn, H., Schmidt, F., Francke, W., and Szöcs, G. 1992a. Abraxas grossulariata L. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): identification of (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-heptadecatriene and (6Z,9Z)-6,9- cis-3,4-epoxyheptadecadiene in the female sex pheromone. J. Chem. Ecol. 18:13-25.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.net>.
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