Hyphantria cunea

Pheromone components of the female fall webworm Hyphantria cunea, which are (3Z,6Z,95,10i )-9,10-epoxy-3,6-henicosadiene and (3Z,6Z,95,10i )-9,10-epoxy-1,3)6-henicosatriene were synthesized. ... 

Rauscher, S. and Am, H. (1990). Field tests to develop a sex pheromone formulation for Hyphantria cunea in Northern Italy. Abstracts, Pheromones in Mediterranean Pest Management, L Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique/ Section Regionale Ouest Palearctique, Granada, Spain, Sept. 10-15,1990. p.43. 

I, 3,6-heneicosatriene, sex pheromone component of Hyphantria cunea. Tetrahedron, 61, 2187-2193. 

Einhom, J., Lallemand, J.-Y., Zagatti, R, Gallois, M Virelizier, H Riom, J. and Menassieu, P. (1982). Isolation and identification of the sex pheromone blend of Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Serie II, 294, 41 44. 

El-Sayed, A.M., Gibb, A.R. and Suckling, D.M. (2005a). Chemistry of the sex pheromone gland of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea, discovered in New Zealand. N. Z. Plant Protection, 58, 31-36. 

Maini, S. and Belifiori, D. (1996). Noctua pronuba and Spilosoma luteum males attraction to virgin females and synthetic sex pheromone of Hyphantria cunea. Abstracts of the International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, 1996. p. 190. 

Marcelli, R., Montermini, A. and Maini, S. (1992). Preliminary trials with synthetic sex attractants of Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera Arctiidae). Inf. Fitopatol., 42, 59-62. 

Ostrauskas, H. (2004). Moths caught in pheromone traps for American white moth (Hyphantria cunea Dr.) (Arctiidae, Lepidoptera) in Lithuania during 2001. Acta Zool. Lituanica, 14, 66-74. 

Zhang, Q. H., Schlyter, F., Chu, D., Ma, X.Y. and Ninomiya, Y. (1998). Diurnal and seasonal flight activity of males and population dynamics of fall webworm moth, Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lep., Arctiidae) monitored by pheromone traps../. Appl. Entomol., 122, 523-532. 

Figure 4.42 Synthesis of the pheromone components of Hyphantria cunea (1). Modified by permission of...

The fall webworm moth (Hyphantria cunea) is a troublesome pest in Europe and Japan, where its larva attacks fruit trees and ornamental trees such as grape, peach, pear, apple, cherry, poplar and platan. Its female-produced pheromone was first studied by Roelofs and coworkers, who identified three pheromone components A, B and C (Figure 4.42) in 1982. 

Present in glycerolipids as an enol ether sex pheromone in the female moth Hyphantria cunea. Mp —32.3°. Readily forms a dimethyl acetal. 2y4-Dinitrophenylhydrazone Mp 50-51°. 

Suzuki, N., Kunimi, Y., Uematsu, S. and Kobayashi, K. (1980) Changes in spatial distribution pattern during the larval stage of the fall web worm, Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera Arctiidae). Res. Popul. Ecol., 22, 273-83. 

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