Rahmani, Rizan and Carrasco, David and Svensson, Glenn P. and Roweck, Hartmut and Ryrholm, Nils and Larsson, Mattias and Hedenstrom, Erik
(2020).
Identification and Synthesis of Putative Pheromone Components of the Threatened Salt Marsh Bagworm Moth, Whittleia retiella (Lepidoptera: Psychidae).
Journal of Chemical Ecology. 46
, 115-127
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Abstract
Whittleia retiella (Newman, 1847) is a threatened salt marsh species of the bagworm moth family Psychidae. For its preservation it is necessary to develop efficient tools to survey its distribution and habitat requirements in order to use appropriate conservation methods. Such tools may be pheromone-based monitoring systems, which have documented efficacy in establishing the occurrence of cryptic insect species in nature. By using gas chromatography combined with electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD), we found two compounds in female W. retiella headspace samples and whole-body extracts that elicited electrophysiological activity in male antennae. Gas chromatograpy coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) operating in electron impact (EI) mode and comparison of the analytical data with those of synthetic reference compounds showed the chemical structures of these putative pheromone components to be (1S)-1-methylpropyl (5Z)-dec-5-enoate and 1-methylethyl (5Z)-dec-5-enoate. Field assays using baits loaded with synthetic compounds revealed that conspecific males were attracted to (1S)-1-methylpropyl (5Z)-dec-5-enoate alone or in combination with 1-methylethyl (5Z)-dec-5-enoate, whereas 1-methylethyl (5Z)-dec-5-enoate neither attracted nor repelled males in the field assays when tested alone. This study shows the potential of using (1S)-1-methylpropyl (5Z)-dec-5-enoate for monitoring W. retiella to gather more detailed information about the geographic distribution and habitat needs of this rare moth.
Authors/Creators: | Rahmani, Rizan and Carrasco, David and Svensson, Glenn P. and Roweck, Hartmut and Ryrholm, Nils and Larsson, Mattias and Hedenstrom, Erik | ||||||
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Title: | Identification and Synthesis of Putative Pheromone Components of the Threatened Salt Marsh Bagworm Moth, Whittleia retiella (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Journal of Chemical Ecology | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
Volume: | 46 | ||||||
Page range: | 115-127 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer Nature | ||||||
ISSN: | 0098-0331 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Zoology | ||||||
Keywords: | Endangered species, Species monitoring, Field observation, 1-Methylethyl (5Z)-dec-5-enoate, (1S)-1-Methylpropyl (5Z)-dec-5-enoate, Stereoisomers, Enantiomers | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-104814 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-104814 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 17369 | ||||||
Faculty: | LTV - Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Department of Plant Protection Biology | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 01 Sep 2020 12:38 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 19:45 |
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