Monochamus alternatus

Models or dummies have also been used to demonstrate the use of contact pheromones in the Cerambycidae (see Table 17.1). For example, male Acalolepta luxuriosa display abdominal bending toward a model made from solvent-washed elytra of females to which crude hexane and ether extracts of females have been applied. Kim et al. (1992) immersed female Japanese pine sawyers, Monochamus alternatus, in hexane and tested the bioactivity... 

O-Methyl cedrusin-4 -0-a-L-rhamnopyranoside Figure 7 Oviposition stimulants for Monochamus alternatus contained in Pinus densiflora. 

Ikeda T, Oda K, Yamane A, Enda N 1980 Volatiles from pine logs as the attractant for the Japanese pine sawyer Monochamus alternatus. J Jpn For Soc 62 150-152... 

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