A female sex‐pheromone in the pea midge, Contarinia pisi

Wall, C., Pickett, J. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770, Garthwaite, D. G. and Morris, N. 1985. A female sex‐pheromone in the pea midge, Contarinia pisi. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 39 (1) , pp. 11-14. 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1985.tb03536.x

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Abstract

Experiments designed to demonstrate the existence of a female sex-pheromone in the pea midge, Contarinia pisi Winn. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) are described. Recordings from antennal receptors of males showed that extract of virgin females elicited an increase in spike activity. Field trapping experiments showed that traps containing virgin females or crude extract of virgin females caught large numbers of males.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0013-8703
Date of Acceptance:	19 December 1984
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2026 11:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/184470

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