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Semiochemicals of Planococcus citri, the Citrus mealybug

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Homoptera
Family:  Pseudococcidae
Subfamily:  Pseudococcinae
Genus:  Planococcus
Tribe:  
Author:  Risso
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Semiochemical(s):

  Rotundo G  1982b  Boll. Lab. Entomol. Agrar. F. S.  39: 97   
    planococcyl acetate    1 ¦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¦
   		L
¦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¦
   		µg
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		Italy 
 
  Bierl-Leonhardt BA  1981  Tetrahedron Lett.  22: 389   
    planococcyl acetate    ¦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¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		 
 

Reference(s):

Rotundo, G., and Tremblay, E. 1982b. Preliminary report on the attractivity of the synthetic pheromone of Planococcus citri (Rs.) (Homoptera Coccoidea) in comparison to virgin females. Boll. Lab. Entomol. Agrar. F. S. 39:97-101.
 
Bierl-Leonhardt, B.A., Moreno, D.S., Schwarz, M., Fargerlund, J., and Plimmer, J.R. 1981. Isolation, identification and synthesis of the sex pheromone of the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso). Tetrahedron Lett. 22:389-392.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.net>.
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