10-Methyldodecanal, a Novel Attractant Pheromone Produced by Males of the South American Cerambycid Beetle Eburodacrys vittata

PLoS One. 2016 Aug 11;11(8):e0160727. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160727. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

We report the identification, synthesis, and field bioassay of a novel attractant pheromone produced by males of Eburodacrys vittata (Blanchard), a South American cerambycid beetle in the subfamily Cerambycinae. Headspace volatiles from males contained a sex-specific compound, identified as 10-methyldodecanal. In a field bioassay conducted in Brazil, significant numbers of males and females were caught in traps baited with synthesized racemic 10-methyldodecanal, consistent with the aggregation-sex pheromones produced by males of many cerambycine species. This compound represents a new structural class of cerambycid pheromones, and it is the first pheromone identified for a species in the tribe Eburiini.

MeSH terms

  • Aldehydes / analysis
  • Aldehydes / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Biological Assay / methods
  • Chemotaxis
  • Coleoptera / chemistry
  • Coleoptera / physiology*
  • Female
  • Male
  • Sex Attractants / analysis
  • Sex Attractants / metabolism*
  • Sexual Behavior, Animal

Substances

  • 10-methyldodecanal
  • Aldehydes
  • Sex Attractants