Identification of Sex Pheromones of Anadevidia peponis and Macdunnoughia confusa and Field Tests of Their Role in Reproductive Isolation of Closely Related Plusiinae Moths |
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Authors: | Shin-ichi Inomata Mitsuaki Komoda Hayaki Watanabe Masashi Nomura Tetsu Ando |
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Affiliation: | (1) Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo, University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan;(2) Department of Bioproduction Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, 271-8510, Japan |
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Abstract: | Anadevidia peponis and Macdunnoughia confusa are defoliators of plants in the family Cucurbitaceae and Compositae, respectively, in Japan. GC-MS analyses of crude pheromone gland extracts treated with or without dimethyl disulfide indicated that females of A. peponis produced six monoene acetates and two monoene alcohols and that M. confusa females produced five monoene acetates. These components include (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate as a major common constituent and three other acetates as minor common constituents. The minor constituents are quite different in blend composition. In addition, with (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate, an indispensable component for male attraction is (Z)-5-decenyl acetate for A. peponis and (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate is essential for M. confusa. Field tests with synthetic lures showed synergistic effects of some other minor components and male attraction of three additional Plusiinae species, Macdunnoughia purissima, Ctenoplusia albostriata, and Chrysodeixis eriosoma, suggesting their reproductive isolation is based in part on pheromonal communication. |
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Keywords: | sex pheromone lepidopteran attractant Noctuidae Plusiinae (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate (Z)-5-decenyl acetate (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate reproductive isolation |
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