Sex Pheromones of the Southern Armyworm Moth: Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis

Abstract

Two sex pheromones have been isolated from the female southern armyworm moth, Prodenia eridania (Cramer), and identified as cis -9-tetradecen-1-ol acetate, identical with the sex pheromone of the fall armyworm moth, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), and cis -9, trans -12-tetradecadien-1-ol acetate.