Hemileuca

The sex pheromone of the buck moth, Hemileuca maia (Lepidoptera Saturniidae) has been identified as a blend, with the major component of this blend being (ElO,. Z12)-hexadeca-10,12-dienal, in combination with (E10, 12)-hexadeca-10,12-dien-l-ol and (E10,2 12)-hexadeca-10,12-dien-l-yl acetate. Ratios of the compounds in extracts of the female pheromone glands varied around a mean of 100 7.4 6.3. None of the three components however, were attractive to male moths when tested as single components. 

Fig. 8.4. Proportions of male Hemileuca eglanterina attracted to lures baited with either 100 10 1 (white area) or 0 100 10 (black area) acetate-alcohol-aldehyde blends at various locations along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. (From McElfresh and Millar (2001), where designations for localities can be found.)...

Collins, M. M. and Tuskes, P. M. (1979). Reproductive isolation in sympatric species of dayflying moths (Hemileuca Saturniidae). Evolution 33 728-733. 

McElfresh, J. S. and Millar, J. G. (1999a). Sex pheromone of Nuttall s sheep moth, Hemileuca nuttalli, from the eastern Sierra Mountains of California. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25 711-726. 

Geographic variation in the pheromone system of the satumiid moth Hemileuca eglanterina. Ecology 82 3505-3518. 

McElfresh J. S. and Millar J. G. (2001) Geographic variation in the pheromone system of the saturniid moth Hemileuca eglanterina. Ecology 82, 3505-3518. 

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