Tobacco moth

Phelan, P. L. and Baker, T. C. (1986). Male-size-related courtship success and intersexual selection in the tobacco moth, Ephestia elutella. Experientia 42 1291-1293. 

Extraction of Tobacco. Methoprene is used on tobacco against the cigarette beetle and the tobacco moth. Methoprene-treated tobacco samples were extracted following a procedure for the extraction of plant materials for determining methoprene residues by GC (21). Known amounts of methoprene in 1 mL methanol were added to 1 g portions of shredded tobacco, mixed well and allowed to thoroughly air dry. The spiked tobacco was then stirred with a 25 mL mixture of acetonitrile/water/Celite 45 (250 mL/30 mL/10 g). The mixture was filtered by suction and the filter cake was washed with acetonitrile/water. The filtrate was extracted with ether, distilled water, and sodium chloride. Ether extracts were combined and washed three times with distilled water, dried, filtered and the solvent removed. The residue was taken up into methanol (1 mL) and applied to the pre-coated microtiter plates (5 jxL methanol/well), followed by the anti-methoprene antibody as described above. 

Borthwick, J., C.J.W. Brooks, W.W. Reid, and R.A. Russell Phytochemistry of the genus Nicotiana. Part VI. A preliminary GC/MS study of some diterpenes and sterols Ann. Tabac SEITA 12 (Sect.2) (1975) 22-25. Boulter, D., D. Peacock, A. Guise, J.T. Gleavest, and G. Estabrook Relationships between the partial amino acid sequences of plastocyanine members of ten families of flowering plants Phytochemistry 18 (1979) 603-608. Brady, U.E. and D.A. Nordlund Cis-9-trans-12-tetradecadien-l-yl acetate in the female tobacco moth Ephestia elutella (Hiibner) and evidence for an additional component of the sex pheromone Life Sci. 10 (1971) 797-801. 

Although the discovery of the requirement for EFA as a dietary constituent was first made on the rat, and considerable information has been obtained by the study of this species, the necessity of these acids has been found to be very widespread. Fraenkel and Blewett (1946) demonstrated that the EFA are required by certain insects, such as the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kUhniella), the tobacco moth (E. eiUdla), the fig moth (E. cautella), and the Indian-meal moth Phdia interpunctella (Lep.)). 

Several members of the family Phycitidae share the same pheromone, and field studies involving several of these moths have been carried out. Reichmuth et al. (613) showed the utility of pheromone traps for early detection of the tobacco moth, Ephestia elutella, and the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella. Sower et al. (614, 615) showed that mating frequency of the Indian meal moth and the almond moth, E. cautella, was effectively reduced at low population densities. Wheatley (107) and Haines (617) also reported that mating frequency of the almond moth was reduced, and that detection and survey traps would be feasible and very useful for this pest and several related species. 

Other food lures which have had practical use ia trapping insect pests include isoamyl saUcylate [87-20-7] for moths of the tomato and tobacco homworms, Manduca spp. heptyl butyrate [5870-93-0] for stinging yeUowjackets, Vespula spp. and l-octene-3-ol [3391-86-4] for the bloodsucking tsetse dies, Glossina spp. 

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For the past 20 years, 1,4-dichlorobenzene has been used principally (35-55% of all uses) as a space deodorant for toilets and refuse containers, and as a fumigant for control of moths, molds, and mildews. A significant amount of 1,4-dichlorobenzene is exported (34%), with lesser amounts used in the production of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin (approximately 27% of its total use), and as an intermediate in the production of other chemicals such as 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (approximately 10%). Minor uses of 1,4-dichlorobenzene also include its use in the control of certain tree-boring insects and ants, and in the control of blue mold in tobacco seed beds (Chemical Marketing Reporter 1990 HSDB 1998). 

Little is known of canaline toxicity in whole animals or plants. Canaline-fed tobacco hornworm larvae grew poorly, exhibited much more deformity, and succumbed in larger numbers than the controls (8). This ornithine analogue is neurotoxic to the adult moth where it induces almost continuous motor activity. 

Morgan, A. and Lyon, S. (1928). Notes on armyl salicylate as an attractant to the tobacco hornworm moth. Journal of Economic Entomology 21 189-191. 

NAPHTHALENE. [CAS 91-20-3], Naphdialene C10H8, is a white solid with a strong smell is also called mothballs, moth flakes, white tar, and tar camphor. Naphthalene is a natural component of fossil fuels such as petroleum and coal it is also formed when natural products such as wood or tobacco are burned. 

Fang N., Teal P. E. A., Doolittle R. E. and Tumlinson J. H. (1995a) Biosynthesis of conjugated olefinic systems in the sex pheromone gland of female tobacco homworm moths, Manduca sexta (L.). Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 25, 39 18. 

Sasaki M. and Riddiford L. M. (1984) Regulation of reproductive behaviour and egg maturation in the tobacco hawk moth, Manduca sexta. Physiol. Entomol. 9, 315-327. 

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