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ALTHOUGH at least ten pheromone compounds have been reported for lepidopterous species, only three1–3 have proved to be true sex attractants in natural field conditions. We now report that the structure of the sex attractant of the oblique-banded leaf roller Choristoneura rosaceana (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae), one of the most widely distributed North American tortricids, is cis-11-tetradecenyl acetate (I).
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ROELOFS, W., TETTE, J. Sex Pheromone of the Oblique-banded Leaf Roller Moth. Nature 226, 1172 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2261172a0
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