Carpophilus mutilatus

James, D.G., Vogele, B., Faulder, R. J. and Moore, C. J. (2000c). Efficacy of multispecies pheromone lures for Carpophilus davidsoni Dobson and Carpophilus mutilatus Erichson (Coleoptera Nitidulidae). Aust. J. Entomol., 39, 83-85. 

Bartelt, R. J. and Weisleder, D. (1996). Polyketide origin of pheromones of Carpophilus davidsoni and C. mutilatus (Coleoptera Nitidulidae). Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 4 429 138. 

Effects of pheromone dose on trap catch have been studied. The usual amount of pheromone per septum was 500 pg. In California, all doses of Ca. hemipterus pheromone from 15 to 15 000 pg per septum were significantly active in the field, and for Ca. mutilatus, all doses from 50 to 15 000 pg were active (Bartelt et al., 1994a). Attractiveness increased with pheromone dose throughout the range for both species. Similar trends were noted for these species in Australia when 500 - and 5000 -pg doses were compared (James et al., 1994). With Carpophilus beetles, high pheromone doses never became repellent. 

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