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Semiochemicals of Hepialus californicus, the Ghost moth

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Lepidoptera
Family:  Hepialidae
Subfamily:  Hepialinae
Genus:  Hepialus
Tribe:  
Author:  Boisduval
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Semiochemical(s):

  Kubo I  1985  Tetrahedron Lett.  26: 563   
    hepialone    ¦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¦
   		 
 

Reference(s):

Kubo, I., Matsumoto, T., Wagner, D.L., and Shoolery, J.N. 1985. Isolation and structure of hepialone, principal component from male sex scales of Hepialus californicus. Tetrahedron Lett. 26:563.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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