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Semiochemicals of Dryocoetes confusus, the Western balsam bark beetle

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Coleoptera
Family:  Scolytidae
Subfamily:  Scolytinae
Genus:  Dryocoetes
Tribe:  Dryocoetini
Author:  Swaine
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Semiochemical(s):

  Camacho AD  1993  J. Chem. Ecol.  19: 2169   
    exo-brevicomin    ¦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¦
 
M
¦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¦
 
Agg. pheromone 
    endo-brevicomin    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦    
¦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¦
 
 
 
  Borden JH  1987  J. Chem. Ecol.  13: 823   
    exo-brevicomin    ¦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¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Agg. pheromone 
    myrtenol    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦    
¦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¦
 
 
 

Reference(s):

Camacho, A.D., Pierce, H.D., Jr., and Borden, J.H. 1993. Geometrical and optical isomerism of pheromones in two sympatric Dryocoetes species (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), mediates species specificity and response level. J. Chem. Ecol. 19:2169-2182.
 
Borden, J.H., Pierce, A.M., Pierce, H.D., Jr., Chong, L.J., Stock, A.J., and Oehlschlager, A.C. 1987. Semiochemicals produced by western balsam bark beetle, Dryocoetes confusus Swaine (Coleopterra: Scolytidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 13:823-836.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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