Isolation and Identification of Male-Secreted Possible Sex Pheromone from a Pyralid Moth, Aphomia gularis ZELLER (Pyralidae : Lepidoptera)

Abstract

The male-secreted possible sex pheromone of a pyralid moth, Aphomia gularis ZELLER were extracted using Porapak Q method. Two compounds were isolated and identified as β-phenetyl alcohol and (Z)-2, 6-nonadien-4-olide.