Turnip moth

Fig. 8.2. Geographic variation in male attraction to pheromone in the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum as percentage capture at 11 localities in Eurasia and Africa. The numbers above each column indicate the highest catch of the best lure. Z5, (Z)-5-decenyl acetate Z7, (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate and Z9, (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate. Within each diagram, differing letters indicated = 0.05. (FromToth et al, 1992.)...

Fig. 8.3. Geographic variation in the ratio of pheromone components in the female sex pheromone and the relative abundance of the male antennal sensilla attuned to these components in the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum. (From Lofstedt, 1993.)...

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Fig. 2 (Z)-5-decenyl acetate and conformationally restrained analogues reveal structural requirements for peripheral detection by the turnip moth, Agrotis segetum.

Adult Several moth species but mainly the turnip moth. 

Colorado beetle Cutworms (noctuid moths), e.g. turnip moth... 

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