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Semiochemicals of Acanthocephala femorata, the Squash bug

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Heteroptera
Family:  Coreidae
Subfamily:  Coreinae
Genus:  Acanthocephala
Tribe:  Acanthocephalini
Author:  Fabricius
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Semiochemical(s):

  Blum MS  1961b  Nature  189: 245   
    E2-6Ald    ¦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¦
  
¦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¦
   		Scent gland 
 

Reference(s):

Blum, M.S., Graine, D., and Chidester, J.B. 1961. Trans-2-hexenal in the scent gland of the hemipteran Acanthocephala femorata. Nature. 189:245-246.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.net>.
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