Prostephanus truncatus

Fadamiro, H.Y. 1997. Free flight capacity determination in a sustained flight tunnel Effects of age and sexual state on the flight duration of Prostephanus truncatus. Physiol. Entomol. 22, 29-36. 

Fadamiro, H.Y. and Wyatt, T.D. 1995. Flight initiation by Prostephanus truncatus in relation to time of day, temperature, relative humidity and starvation. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 75, 273-277. 

Hodges, R.J., Dunstan, W.R., Magazini, I., and Golob, P. 1983. An outbreak of Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera Bostrichidae) in east Africa. Protect. Ecol. 5, 183-194. 

Rees, D.P. 1987. Laboratory studies on predation by Teretriosoma nigrescens Lewis (Coleoptera Histeridae) on Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Col. Bostrichidae) infesting maize cobs in the presence of other maize pests. J. Stored Prod Res. 23, 191-195. 

Smith, S.M., Moore, D., Karanja, L.W., and Chandi, E.A. 1999. Formulation of vegetable fat pellets with pheromone and Beauveria bassiana to control the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus. Pestic. Sci. 55, 711-718. 

Similar to R. dominica, a two-component male produced pheromone accounts for the aggregation of both sexes of another Bostrychid, Prostephanus truncatus. 1-Methylethyl (E)-2-methyl-2-pentenoate (trunc-call 1,T1) 114shows the same acid moiety as dominicalure 1 [229]. The second (slightly more active [230]) component proved to be 1-methylethyl (2E,4E)-2,4-dimethyl-2,4-hep-tadienoate (trunc-call 2, T2) 115. In this species, synergistic effects of the two compounds have been reported [229]. The effect of age and sex on the response of walking P. truncatus to its pheromone has been investigated [230]. Inter-... 

Prostephanus truncatus Trun-call-1 Trun-call-2 1 -methylethyl 2-methyl-2-pentenoate 1-methylethyl 2,4-heptadienoate... 

Fadamiro, H.Y., Gudrups, E, and Hodges, R.J. 1998. Upwind flight of Prostephanus truncatus is mediated by aggregation pheromone but not food volatiles. J. Stored Prod. Res. 34, 151-158. 

Hodges, R.J., Hall, D.R., Golob, P., and Meik, J. 1983. Responses of Prostephanus truncatus to components of the aggregation pheromone of Rhyzopertha dominica in the laboratory and field. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 34, 266-272. 

Aggregation pheromone of the male grain beetle Rhyzoptera dominica. It consists of the components D./[((S)-l-methylbutyl) (2 )-2-nieihyl-2-pentenoate] C11H20O2, Mr 184.28, [aJo -1-19.2° (diethyl ether) and D. II [((5)-l-methylbutyl) (2 )-2,4-dimethyl-2-pente-noate] C,2H2202, Mr 198.31, [aJi -1-10.9° (diethyl ether). The related isopropyl (2 )-2-methyl-2-pente-noate is called trunc-< l 1 together with isopropyl (2 ,4 )-2,4-dimethyl-2,4-heptadienoate ( tninc-call 2 ) it forms the sexual pheromone of the closely related grain beetle Prostephanus truncatus. ... 

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