Anastrepha suspensa

Caribbean fruitfly, Anastrepha suspensa larvae, heavily parasitized by the hymenopteron Diachasmimorpha longicaudata, exposed to single acute exposures of 10-70 Gy 50% of control flies developed into adults vs. 25% at 10 Gy, and <1% at 30 Gy. At 40 Gy and higher, no adults were recovered but parasite development was the same at all doses 1... 

Sivinski, J. and B. Smittle. 1990. Effects of gamma radiation on the development of the Caribbean fruit fly (Anastrepha suspensa) and the subsequent development of its parasite Diachasmimorpha longicaudata. Entomolog. Exper. Applic. 55 295-297. 

E, )-Suspensolide, a major component of the multi-component sex pheromone of the Carri-bean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa Loew, has been prepared starting from mesityloxide via an oxy-Cope rearrangement of intermediate 56. The rearrangement itself proceeds with poor selectivity only798-819. 

Blowfly, Calliphora sp., 412,430 Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa, 714... 

CijHijOj, Mr 194.27, [ajp -50.4 (hexane), cryst., mp. 94-95 C. As a mixture with epianastrephin, the 4-epimer of A., and the monocyclic isomer suspen-solide, A. forms the pheromone system of tropical fruit flies of the genus Anastrepha. In A. suspensa (- )-A. and its epimer are present in low enantiomeric excess only. 

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