Identification of the Female-Produced Sex Pheromone of the Scarab Beetle, Hoplia equina
Zhang, Aijun ; Robbins, Paul ; Averill, Anne ; Weber, Donald ; Linn Jr., Charles ; Roelofs, Wendell ; Villani, Michael
In: Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2003, vol. 29, no. 7, p. 1635-1642
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- Hoplia equina LeConte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) is a beetle pest of cranberry beds in Massachusetts. Larvae feed on the roots of the cranberry plant, reducing yield as well as vine density. The female sex pheromone was identified as 2-tetradecanone. There were eight compounds found in the airborne volatiles collected from females that elicited antennal responses from males. Of the eight compounds tested (nonanal, decanal, dodecanal, 2-dodecanone, 2-tridecanone, 2-tetradecanone, 2-pentadecanone, and 2-hexadecanone), 2-tetradecanone was the only one that attracted male beetles in the field. Combining any of the other seven antennally active compounds with 2-tetradecanone did not increase male capture