Lymantria dispar , identification

Masler E. P, Raina A. K., Wagner R. M. and Kochansky J. P. (1994) Isolation and identification of a pheromonotropic neuropeptide from the brain-subesophageal ganglion complex of Lymantria dispar a new member of the PBAN family. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 24, 829-836. 

Jurenka R. A. and Subchev M. (2000) Identification of cuticular hydrocarbons and alkene precursor to the pheromone in hemolymph of the female gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 43, 108-115. 

Neuroendocrine control of invertebrate development was first demonstrated by Kopec CL2) with neck ligation and brain extirpation-reimplantation studies using the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera Lymantriidae). His demonstration of a "pupation factor", origmating in the bi in, provided the impetus for identification of numerous invertebrate physiological processes controlled by peptide neurohormones (3.41 In insects, identified processes now number over thirty (5). Knowledge of these processes has provided for the development of bioassays used in the isolation of neuropeptides. Since 1975, over fo insect peptide neurohormones have been isolated and sequenced (5-81... 

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