Pheromone Study on Acarid Mites V. Presence of Citral as a Minor Component of the Alarm Pheromone in the Mold Mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (SCHRANK, 1781) (Acarina : Acaridae)

Lam Thi MY-YEN; Katsuhiko MATSUMOTO; Yoshitake WADA; Yasumasa KUWAHARA

doi:10.1303/aez.15.474

Lam Thi MY-YEN, Katsuhiko MATSUMOTO, Yoshitake WADA, Yasumasa KUWAHARA

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1980 Volume 15 Issue 4 Pages 474-477

DOI https://doi.org/10.1303/aez.15.474

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Abstract

Citral was demonstrated from the mold mite, Tyrophagus putrescentiae (SCHRANK) and identified as a minor component of the alarm pheromone. The relative abundance of citral was one-twelfth of neryl formate.

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