Limonius californicus

Limonius californicus, utilize n-pentanoic acid (valeric) as a long-distance sex pheromone (487. Each female synthesizes in excess of 100 pg. of this acid, which is presumably stored in the sex attractant gland in an inactive form. Isomeric C5 acids possess no demonstrable activity as sex pheromones. 

Pentanoic acid) officinalis (valerian) (Valerianaceae) [oil] (Limonius californicus,... 

Virgin female sugar beet wireworms [Limonius californicus (Man-... 

Insect sex pheromones have very simple structures like butyric acid, the aphrodisiac pheromone of the male moth Bapta temerata and valeric acid from Limonius californicus or more complex ones like peri-planone (118) one of the components of the sexual attractant of the American cockroach Periplaneta americana. 

The first biologically active compounds identified from click beetles were hexanoic acid and pentanoic acid from Limonius canus and L. californicus, respectively [191]. 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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