Major sex pheromone component of female herald moth Scoliopteryx libatrix is the novel branched alkene (6Z,13)-methylheneicosene

Francke, W., PLass, E., Zimmermann, N., Tietgen, H., Tolasch, T., Franke, S., Subchev, M., Toshova, T., Pickett, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-3770, Wadhams, L. and Woodcock, C. 2000. Major sex pheromone component of female herald moth Scoliopteryx libatrix is the novel branched alkene (6Z,13)-methylheneicosene. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26 (5) , pp. 1135-1149. 10.1023/A:1005475725742

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Abstract

The major component of the female-produced sex pheromone of Scoliopteryx libatrix has been characterized by chemical analysis, synthesis, electrophysiological studies and field tests as (6Z,13)-methylheneicosene, probably the 13S-isomer. This is the first example of a branched chain alkene as a sex pheromone in the Noctuidae and is markedly different from the pheromones of other members of the family. The systematic position of S. libatrix, belonging to a monotypic genus of a one-member subfamily within the Noctuidae, may reflect the unusual structure of the sex pheromone.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Chemistry
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0098-0331
Date of Acceptance:	31 December 1999
Last Modified:	05 Mar 2026 14:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/185514

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