List of sex pheromones of insects
Insects use sex pheromones as messenger substances to find sexual partners (aggregation pheromone). The list below contains some of the most popular insect sex pheromones :
| Common name | Chemical name | Molecular formula | CAS | Insect (zoological name) | German name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombycol | (10 E , 12 Z ) -10,12-hexadecadien-1-ol | C 16 H 30 O | 765-17-3 | Bombyx mori | Silkworms |
| Muscalur | cis -9 tricoses | C 23 H 46 | 27519-02-4 | Musca domestica | Housefly |
| Siglure |
sec -Butyl-6-methyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate, 1-methylpropyl-6-methyl-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate |
C 12 H 20 O 2 | 2425-20-9 | Ceratitis capitata | Mediterranean fruit fly |
| Medlure | sec -Butyl-4 (or 5) -chloro-2-methylcyclohexane carboxylate | C 24 H 42 Cl 2 O 4 | 13929-18-5 | ||
| Trimedlure | Butyl chloromethylcyclohexanecarboxylate | C 12 H 21 ClO 2 | 12002-53-8 | ||
| Rescalure | 6-isopropenyl-3-methyldec-9-en-1-ylacetate | C 16 H 28 O 2 | 67601-06-3 | Aonidiella aurantii | Red California scale insect |
|
Dominicalur I Dominicalur II |
C 12 H 22 O 2 C 11 H 20 O 2 |
80510-15-2 80510-16-3 |
Rhyzopertha dominica | Cereal capuchins | |
| Anisylacetone | 4- (4-methoxyphenyl) butan-2-one | C 11 H 14 O 2 | 104-20-1 | Bactrocera cucurbitae syn. Dacus cucurbitae |
Melon fly |
| Cue-lure | 4- (4- acetoxyphenyl) butan-2-one | C 12 H 14 O 3 | 3572-06-3 | ||
| Methyl eugenol | 4-allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene | C 11 H 14 O 2 | 93-15-2 | Bactrocera dorsalis syn. Dacus dorsalis |
Oriental fruit fly |
| α-ionone | ( E ) -4- (2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl) -3-buten-2-one | C 13 H 20 O | 127-41-3 | Bactrocera latifrons | Malaysian fruit fly |
| Hexadecane-1,2-diol | C 16 H 34 O 2 | 6920-24-7 | Lymantria dispar | Gypsy moth | |
| 1,2-epoxyhexadecane | C 16 H 32 O | 7320-37-8 | |||
| Disparlur | cis -7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane | C 19 H 38 O | 29804-22-6 | ||
| Gyplure | ( Z ) -10-acetoxy-7-hexadecen-1-ol | C 18 H 34 O 3 | 16579-98-9 | ||
| Gossyplure | ( 7Z ) -7,11-hexadecadien-1-ylacetate | C 18 H 32 O 2 | 50933-33-0 | Pectinophora gossypiella | Red cotton bollworm |
| Loop lure | ( Z ) -7-dodecenyl acetate | C 14 H 26 O 2 | 14959-86-5 | Trichoplusia ni | Ash gray humped owl |
|
Orfralure RAK 5 |
( Z ) -8-dodecenyl acetate | C 14 H 26 O 2 | 28079-04-1 | Grapholita molesta | Peach shoot winder |
| RAK 1 | ( Z ) -9-dodecenyl acetate | C 14 H 26 O 2 | 16974-11-1 | Eupoecilia ambiguella | One-string grape moth |
| RAK 2 | (7 E , 9 Z ) -Dodecadienyl acetate | C 14 H 24 O 2 | 54364-62-4 | Lobesia botrana | Crossed grape moth |
| RAK 4 | ( Z ) -11-tetradecenyl acetate | C 16 H 30 O 2 | 23192-82-7 | Adoxophyes orana | Fruit peel curlers |
| ( Z ) -9-tetradecenyl acetate | C 16 H 30 O 2 | 16725-53-4 | Panolis flammea | Pine owl | |
|
Codlemon RAK 3 |
(8 E , 10 E ) -Dodecadien-1-ol | C 12 H 22 O | 33956-49-9 | Cydia pomonella | Codling moth |
Web links
Commons : Pheromones - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Pheromone - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Insect pheromone database, at pherobase.com. Retrieved November 15, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfdietrich Eichler (Ed.): Handbuch der Insektizidkunde. Berlin 1965, p. 81.
- ↑ Adolf Butenandt, Rüdiger Beckmann, Erich Hecker: About the sexual attractant of the silk moth, I. The biological test and the isolation of the pure sexual attractant bombykol. In: Hoppe-Seyler's journal for physiological chemistry. 324, 1961, pp. 71-83, doi : 10.1515 / bchm2.1961.324.1.71 .