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Semiochemicals of Tuta absoluta, the Tomato leafminer

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Lepidoptera
Family:  Gelechiidae
Subfamily:  Gelechiinae
Genus:  Tuta
Tribe:  
Author:  Meyrick
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Semiochemical(s):

  Ferrara FAA  2001  J. Chem. Ecol.  27: 907   
    E3Z8Z11-14Ac    ¦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¦
   		 
 
  Filho MM  2000  J. Chem. Ecol.  26: 875   
    E3Z8Z11-14Ac    ¦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¦
   		 
 
  Attygalle AB  1996  Bioorg. Med. Chem.  4: 305   
    E3Z8Z11-14Ac    5 ¦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¦
   		ng
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		 
 
  Griepink FC  1996  Tetrahedron Lett.  37: 411   
    E3Z8Z11-14Ac    92 ¦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¦
   		 
    E3Z8-14Ac    8 ¦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¦
   		 
 
  Svatos A  1996  J. Chem. Ecol.  22: 787   
    E3Z8Z11-14Ac    90 ¦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¦
   		 
    E3Z8-14Ac    10 ¦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¦
   		 
 
  Attygalle AB  1995  Tetrahedron Lett.  36: 5471   
    E3Z8Z11-14Ac    1-5 ¦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¦
   		ng
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
   		 
 

Reference(s):

Ferrara, F.A.A., Vilela, E.F., Jham, G.N., Eiras, A.E., Picanco, M.C., Attygalle, A.B., Svatos, A., Frighetto, R.T.S., and Meinwald, J. 2001. Evaluation of the synthetic major component of the sex pheromone of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 27:907-917.
 
Filho, M.M., Vilela, E.F., Attygalle, A.B., Meinwald, J., Svatos, A., and Jham, G.N. 2000. Field trapping of tomato moth, Tuta absoluta with pheromone traps. J. Chem. Ecol. 26:875-881.
 
Attygalle, A.B., Jham, G.N., Svatos, A., Frighetto, R.T.S., Ferrara, F.A., Vilela, E.F., Uchoa-Fernandes, M.A., and Meinwald, J. 1996. (3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrienyl acetate, major sex pheromone component of the tomato pest Scrobipalpuloides absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Bioorg. Medic. Chem. 4:305-314.
 
Griepink, F.C., Beek, T.A., Posthumus, M.A., Groot, A., Visser, J.H., and Voerman, S. 1996. Identification of the sex pheromone of Scrobipalpula absoluta, determination of double bond positions in triple unsaturated straight chain molecules by means of dimethyl disulphide derivatization. Tetrahedron Lett. 37:411-414.
 
Svatos, A., Attygalle, A.B., Jham, G.N., Frighetto, R.T.S., Vilela, E.F., Saman, D., and Meinwald, J. 1996. Sex pheromone of tomato pest Scrobipalpuloides absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 22:787-800.
 
Attygalle, A.B., Jham, G.N., Svatos, A., Frighetto, R.T.S., and Meinwald, J. 1995. Microscale, random reduction to the characterization of (3E,8Z,11Z)-3,8,11-tetradecatrienyl acetate, a new lepidopteran sex pheromone. Tetrahedron Lett. 36:5471-5474.
 
     
US patent # 5,728,376 "Tetradecatrienyl and tetradecadienyl acetates and their use as sex attractants for tomato pests". This patent is exclusively licensed to ISCA Technologies, Inc. The making, using, selling, offering to sell, and importing of semiochemicals protected by this patent may constitute US patent infringement
 
 
Citation: El-Sayed AM 2011. The Pherobase: Database of Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals. <http://www.pherobase.com>.
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