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In 1964, Cuthbert and Reid published the first evidence of a sex pheromone of the genus Diabrotica. This study dealt with the female-produced attractant of D. balteata LeConte. Although the sex pheromone for D. balteata has yet to be identified, specific sex attractants are now known for a number of Diabrotica species (Guss et al., 1982, 1983a, b, 1984). Two of the known attractants have been identified by direct analysis of female- produced material (Guss et al., 1982, 1983b). These are 8-methyl-2-decyl- propanoate identified from D. virgifera virgifera LeConte and 10-methyl-2-tridecanone from D. undecimpunctata howardi Barber.
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Andersen, J.F., Wilkin, P.J. (1986). Methods for the Study of Pheromones and Kairomones. In: Krysan, J.L., Miller, T.A. (eds) Methods for the Study of Pest Diabrotica . Springer Series in Experimental Entomology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4868-2_4
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