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Categories

Chemical molecules/compounds

Category/type/example of target insect pests of dry ecosystem

Mode of action

References

(E,Z,Z)- and (E,E,Z)-4,6,10-

hexadecatrienyl acetates

cocoa pod borer, Conopomorpha cramerella

S.

(Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

Male attractant

Zhang et

al.

(^2008

)

Alcohol and acetate molecules

Most moth species

Male attractant

Butler and McDonough (^1979

,^1981

)

(8

E

,10

E)-tetradecadien-1-ol, and the

corresponding aldehyde, acetate and formate ester

Lepidopteran insects

Male attractant

Van-der-Kraan and Ebbers (^1990

)

Hexanal, heptanal, octanal, decanal, undecanol and 6,10,14-trimethylpentadecanon-2

Greater wax moth,

Galleria

mellonella

L. (Lepidoptera:

Pyralidae)

Male attractant

Lebedeva et

al.

(^2002

)

(2Z, 6E)-7-methyl-3-propyl-2,6-decadien-

1-ol., blend of

E-8, E

-10-dodecadien-1-ol

and

E-9-dodecen-1-ol and saturated

alcohols of 10 to 18 carbons

Codling moth,

Cydia pomonella

L. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Male attractant

Arn et

al.

(^1985

)

(E)-11-tetradecenyl acetate (E11-14Ac); (E,E)-9,11-tetradecadienyl acetate (E9E11-14Ac); (E)-11-tetradecen-1-ol (E11-14OH); tetradecyl acetate; hexadecanal; (E)-11-hexadecenyl acetate (E11-16Ac), hexadecyl acetate; octadecanal; and octadecyl acetate

Lightbrown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana

W.

(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Male attractant

El-Sayed et

al.

(^2011

)

(2S,3R,7R)-isomers of the propionates of 3,7-dimethyl-2-tridecanol; 3,7-dimethyl-

2-tetradecanol; 3,7-dimethyl-2-pentadecanol

Sawfly,

Gilpinia pallida

K.

Male attractant

Hedenström et

al. (

2006

)

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Insect-Pests in Dryland Agriculture and their Integrated Management