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(E)-5, (Z)-7-DODECADIENAL, A SEX PHEROMONE COMPONENT OF THE WESTERN TENT CATERPILLAR, MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM (LEPIDOPTERA: LASIOCAMPIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. W. Underhill ,
M. D. Chisholm  and
Warren Steck
E. W. Underhill
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 0W9
M. D. Chisholm
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 0W9
Warren Steck
Affiliation:
Prairie Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Sask. S7N 0W9
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Tent caterpillars of the genus Malacosoma frequently appear in outbreak numbers causing widespread defoliation of trees and shrubs in North America. The western tent caterpillar, M. californicum (Packard), with six subspecies, occurs over most of temperate western North America and although there is a large number of host plants on which it will oviposit and feed (Stehr and Cook 1968), most have little commercial value. We report here the identification of a component of the female sex pheromone of M. californicum.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 112 , Issue 6 , 01 June 1980 , pp. 629 - 631
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1980

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