A Sex Attractant for the Siberian Moth Dendrolimus superans sibiricus (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)
Field trapping experiments were conducted against the Siberian moth, Dendrolimus superans sibiricus Butler, in Siberia, Russia, using traps baited with a virgin female moth or 100 μg synthetic mixtures of C12 straight chain-length aldehydes, alcohols, and acetates alone or in combinations on rubber septa. Traps baited with a 1:1 blend of aldehydes and alcohols captured many males. The capture rate was similar to the rate of capture seen in traps baited with virgin females. The mixture of aldehydes and alcohols (64% Z,E-5,7-dodecadienal, 10% Z-5-dodecenal, 18% E-7-dodecenal, 8% E-6-dodecenal) and (64% Z,E-5,7-dodecadien-1-ol, 10% Z-5-dodecen-1-ol, 18% E-7-dodecen-1-ol, 8% E-6-dodecen-1-ol) can be used as a sex attractant to monitor endemic Siberian moth populations in Asia, and for surveillance and detection of the moth in countries where the insect might be accidentally introduced.
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2Department of Forest Zoology, V. N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036 Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
3USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Pest Quarantine, Otis Methods Development Center, Otis ANGB, MA 02542 USA.
4Chemistry Department, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251 USA.
5Department of Chemistry, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059 USA.
6USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, OR 97208 USA.