Scoliopteryx libatrix

The major component of the female sex pheromone produced by the herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix (L.) (Lepidoptera Noctuidae), has been identified as (6Z)-13-methylheneicosene. This is the first example of a branched chain alkene as a sex pheromone in the Noctuidae family and is markedly different from the pheromones of the other members in the group. The authors have not conclusively stated, but they suggest that it is probably the (Id-Sj-isomer. ... 

Subchev M. and Jurenka R. A. (2001) Sex pheromone levels in pheromone glands and identification of the pheromone and hydrocarbons in the hemolymph of the moth Scoliopteryx libatrix L. (Lepidoptera Noctuidae). Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 47, 35 13. 

M., Toshova, T., Pickett, J.A., Wadhams, L. J. and Woodcock, C.M. (2000). Major sex pheromone component of female herald moth Scoliopteryx libatrix is the novel branched alkene (6Z)-13-methylheneicoscne../. Chem. Ecol., 26, 1135-1149. 

Toshova, T., Subchev, M., Plass, E. and Francke, W. (2003). Scoliopteryx libatrix (L.) (Lep., Noctuidae) male reaction to the synthetic main sex pheromone component and its isomers - wind tunnel and field investigations. J. Appl. Entomol., 127, 195-199. 

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