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NUMEROUS sex pheromones of Lepidoptera have now been identified and synthesized. In general, one or two sex pheromones per species have been reported except that three were found in the silkworm moth, Bombyx mori (L.)1. If an insect contains more than one sex pheromone, it is important that they all be detected before undertaking structure determination and synthesis, since a single sex pheromone may be unattractive by itself2,3. Also, even if it were attractive, the presence of undetected sex pheromones would make it possible for the insect to develop resistance to being controlled by trapping.
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GEORGE, D., MCDONOUGH, L. Multiple Sex Pheromones of the Codling Moth, Laspeyresia pomonella (L.). Nature 239, 109 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239109a0
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