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Semiochemicals of Pseudococcus comstocki, the Comstock mealybug

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

  Bierl-Leonhardt BA  1982  J. Chem. Ecol.  8: 689   
    2me6me-delta1,5-7-3Ac    ¦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¦
   		 
 
  Negishi T  1980  Appl. Entomol. Zool.  15: 328   
    2me6me-delta1,5-7-3Ac    ¦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):

Bierl-Leonhardt, B.A., Moreno, D.S., Schwarz, M., Forster, H.S., Plimmer, J.R., and DeVilbiss, E.D. 1982. Isolation, identification, synthesis, and bioassay of the pheromone of the comstock mealybug and some analogs. J. Chem. Ecol. 8:689-699.
 
Negishi, T., Uchida, M., Tamaki, Y., Mori, K., Isiwatari, T., Asano, S., and Nakagawa, K. 1980. Sex pheromone of the comstock mealybug, Pseudococcus comstocki Kuwana: isolation and identification. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 15:328-333.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.net>.
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