Tetradecadienyl acetates explained

Various tetradecadienyl acetate compounds serve as insect mating pheromones especially among^[1] the Pyralidae. These include:

• Prionoxystus robiniaea mating attractant^[2]
• Accosus centerensis mating attractant
• Borkhausenia schefferella mating attractant
• Conistra vaccinii mating attractant
• (abbr. Z9,E11-14:Ac) Spodoptera littoralis and S. litura mating attractant and mating inhibitor. Female pheromone, lures males.^[3] Used by McVeigh and Bettany 1986 and Downham et al., 1995 over the course of three years in a 99:1 with . Although they achieved good mating disruption this did not result in lower egg mass or population. The results of Campion et al., 1980 suggest that may be due to the need for other, minor female volatiles. Martinez et al., 1993 study control of its synthesis in S. littoralis by hormones, finding that the reduction step may be controlled by pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide.^[4]
• Plodia interpunctella mating inhibitor
• (abbr. Z9,E12-14:Ac) In 2006 the United States Environmental Protection Agency granted^[5] an exemption to permit use without regard to the residue on resulting food.^[6] This is thought to be the first registration for indoor use in the United States of any sex pheromone to disrupt mating. Produced by species:
  • Adoxophyes fasciata synergistic attractant
  • Anagasta kuehniella mating attractant produced by both male and female
  • Cadra cautella female-produced mating attractant and mating inhibitor (found by Kuwahara et al., 1971)
  • C. figulilella female-produced mating attractant
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellus mating disruptor
  • Ephestia elutella mating attractant
  • Plodia interpunctella (also by Kuwahara 1971)

Notes and References

1. Burkholder . Wendell E. . Ma . Michael . Pheromones for Monitoring and Control of Stored-Product Insects . . . 30 . 1 . 1985 . 0066-4170 . 10.1146/annurev.en.30.010185.001353 . 257–272 . 85656973.
2. Book: Herbizide . Herbicides . Richard . Wegler . Berlin, Heidelberg . 978-3-642-66616-2 . 913650212 . en . XXI+754 . 5 . Chemie der Pflanzenschutz- und Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel [Chemistry of Plant Protection and Pesticidal Substances] . 7 March 2013 . 10.1007/BF02040406 . 27560418. .
3. El-Sayed . A. M. . Suckling . D. M. . Byers . J. A. . Jang . E. B. . Wearing . C. H. . Potential of "Lure and Kill" in Long-Term Pest Management and Eradication of Invasive Species . . Entomological Society of America (OUP) . 102 . 3 . 2009-06-01 . 0022-0493 . 10.1603/029.102.0301 . 815–835 . 19610395 . 16623066.
4. Raina . Ashok K. . Neuroendocrine Control of Sex Pheromone Biosynthesis in Lepidoptera . . . 38 . 1 . 1993 . 0066-4170 . 10.1146/annurev.en.38.010193.001553 . 329–349. 8424626 .
5. Web site: . Lepidopteran Pheromones; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance . Federal Register . 2006-08-09 . 2022-04-20 . 45395–45400. 71 FR 45395. 40 CFR 180. EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0529FRL-8083-8. Doc. No. E6-12971.
6. Phillips . Thomas W. . Throne . James E. . Biorational Approaches to Managing Stored-Product Insects . . . 55 . 1 . 2010-01-01 . 0066-4170 . 10.1146/annurev.ento.54.110807.090451 . 375–397. 19737083 . 2097/12419 . free .