Identification, synthesis and activity of sex pheromone gland components of the autumn gum moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a defoliator of  Eucalyptus

Steinbauer, Martin; Ostrand, Fredrik; Bellas, Tom; Nilsson, Anna; Anderson, R.; Hedenstrom, Erik; Lacey, Michael; Schiestl, Florian

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Identification, synthesis and activity of sex pheromone gland components of the autumn gum moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a defoliator of Eucalyptus

Date

2004

Authors

Steinbauer, Martin

Ostrand, Fredrik

Bellas, Tom

Nilsson, Anna

Anderson, R.

Hedenstrom, Erik

Lacey, Michael

Schiestl, Florian

Publisher

Birkhauser Verlag

Abstract

The autumn gum moth, Mnesampela privata (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), is native to Australia and can be a pest of plantation eucalypts. Field-collected and laboratory-reared female autumn gum moths were dissected to remove glands likely to contain