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Semiochemicals of Cylas formicarius, the Sweet potato weevil

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Coleoptera
Family:  Brentidae
Subfamily:  Cyladinae
Genus:  Cylas
Tribe:  
Author:  Fabricius
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Semiochemical(s):

  Teli VS  1993  J. Insect Sci.  6: 283   
    Z3-dodecenyl E2-butenoate    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
   		L
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
  
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		India 
 
  Yasuda K  1992  Jap. J. Appl. Entomol. Zool.  36: 81   
    Z3-dodecenyl E2-butenoate    1 ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
  
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
   		mg
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		Japan 
 

Reference(s):

Teli, V.S., and Salunkhe, G.N. 1993. Monitoring adults of sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius Fab. with sex pheromone. J. Insect Sci. 6:283-284.
 
Yasuda, K., Sugie, H., and Heath, R.R. 1992. Field evaluation of synthetic sex-attractant pheromone of the sweet-potato weevil Cylas formicarius Fabricus (Coleoptera: Brentidae). Jap. J. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 36:81-87.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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