Attraction of field-flying aphid males to synthetic sex pheromone

Hardie, J., Nottingham, S., Dawson, G., Harrington, R., Pickett, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770 and Wadhams, L. 1992. Attraction of field-flying aphid males to synthetic sex pheromone. Chemoecology 3 (3-4) , pp. 113-117. 10.1007/BF01370138

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Abstract

Transparent plastic water traps, baited with the synthetic aphid sex pheromone components (4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactone and (1R,4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactol or control lures, were placed in four semi-sheltered field sites at a height of 1.1 m. Although males of twenty-one aphid species were collected from the water traps, onlySitobion fragariae (Walker) was abundant. In total, 8 pheromone traps produced 102 males compared with only 10 males in 8 control traps. The sex pheromone released by sexual femaleS. fragariae was identified as the nepetalactone used in the lures. Aphid sex pheromones may be more species-specific than previously thought and the presence of a host plant is not essential for males to locate sexual females.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Springer Verlag (Germany)
ISSN:	0937-7409
Date of Acceptance:	30 June 1992
Last Modified:	10 Feb 2026 11:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/184501

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