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Semiochemicals of Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, the West Indian peach scale

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Homoptera
Family:  Diaspididae
Subfamily:  Diaspidinae
Genus:  Pseudaulacaspis
Tribe:  Diaspidini
Author:  Targioni-Tozzetti
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Semiochemical(s):

  McLaughlin JR  1990  J. Chem. Ecol.  16: 749   
    pentagonol propionate    ¦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¦
   		F
¦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¦
   		 
    pentagonol    ¦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¦
   		 
 
  Heath RR  1979  J. Chem. Ecol.  5: 941   
    3me9me-6-isopropenyl-Z3,9-10-propionate    ¦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¦
   		F
¦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):

McLaughlin, J.R. 1990. Behavioral response of male white peach scale to the sex pheromone, (R,Z)-3,9-dimethyl-6-isopropenyl-3,9-decadien-1-ol propionate and corresponding alcohol. J. Chem. Ecol. 16:749-756.
 
Heath, R.R., McLaughlin, J.R., Tumlinson, J.H., Ashley, T.R., and Doolittle, R.E. 1979. Identification of the white peach scale sex pheromone. An illustration of micro techniques. J. Chem. Ecol. 5:941-953.
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2008. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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