1. Identification of the Sex Pheromone of a Protected Species, the Spanish Moon Moth Graellsia isabellae
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Jocelyn G. Millar, Neus Marí-Mena, Marta Vila, Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, J. Steven McElfresh, Carmen Romero, Department of Entomology [Riverside], University of California [Riverside] (UCR), University of California-University of California, Universidade da Coruña, Unité de recherche Zoologie Forestière (URZF), and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
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0106 biological sciences ,Male ,Protected species ,Endangered species ,Pheromone ,Insect ,Moths ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,POPULATION BIOLOGY ,Graellsia isabellae ,SPANISH MOON MOTH ,PROTECTED SPECIES ,PHEROMONE TRAP ,BIOCHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ,SPECIES CONSERVATION ,INSECTE ,BIOLOGIE DES POPULATIONS ,CONSERVATION DES ESPECES ,Saturniidae ,(4E,6E,11Z)-hexadecatrienal ,Sex Attractants ,media_common ,Ecology ,biology ,Life Sciences ,Agriculture ,General Medicine ,Lepidoptera ,Sex pheromone ,Female ,europe ,espèce protégée ,piège sexuel ,Conservation of Natural Resources ,Chromatography, Gas ,media_common.quotation_subject ,010603 evolutionary biology ,Article ,Lepidoptera genitalia ,Invertebrate Zoology ,Animals ,phéromone ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Solid Phase Microextraction ,Biological Microscopy ,identification biochimique ,fungi ,biology.organism_classification ,Zoologie des invertébrés ,[SDV.BA.ZI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology ,Biochemistry, general ,010602 entomology ,Entomology - Abstract
Sex attractant pheromones are highly sensitive and selective tools for detecting and monitoring populations of insects, yet there has been only one reported case of pheromones being used to monitor protected species. Here, we report the identification and synthesis of the sex pheromone of a protected European moth species, Graellsia isabellae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), as the single component, (4E,6E,11Z)-hexadecatrienal. In preliminary field trials, lures loaded with this compound attracted male moths from populations of this species at a number of widely separated field sites in France, Switzerland, and Spain, clearly demonstrating the utility of pheromones in sampling potentially endangered insect species. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10886-010-9831-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- 2010