Nitrate esters: Novel sex pheromone components of the cotton leafperforator, Bucculatrix thurberiella busck. (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)61292-3

(Z)-9-Totradecenyl nitrate and (Z)-9-tridecenyl nitrate have been identified in volatiles from virgin female cotton leafperforator moths, Bucculatrix thurberiella, and shown to elicit electroantennogram responses from male moths. A 100:2 blend of the synthetic compounds is highly attractive to male moths in the field, and these compounds are proposed to be components of the female sex pheromone.