Bollettino di zoologia agraria e bachicoltura

Vol. 25 No. 1 (1993): Serie 2
Articoli

Sex pheromone of the processionary moths and biosystematic considerations within the genus Thaumetopoea (Thaumetopoeidae Thaumetopoeinae)

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  • Brigitte Frerot,
  • Guy Demolin
Brigitte Frerot Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Versailles
Guy Demolin Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Malaucène

Published 2024-10-25

Keywords

  • Lepidoptera,
  • Thaumetopoeidae,
  • chemotaxonomy,
  • chemical identification,
  • ecotypes

How to Cite

Sex pheromone of the processionary moths and biosystematic considerations within the genus Thaumetopoea (Thaumetopoeidae Thaumetopoeinae). (2024). Bollettino Di Zoologia Agraria E Bachicoltura, 25(1), 33-40. https://test-ojs-unimi-it.archicoop.it/index.php/bzab/article/view/26917

Abstract

Identification of sex pheromone within 5 species belonging to the Thaumetopoeidae family are reported in this paper. Chemistry of the pheromone components corroborated the split between two types of processionary moths on the insect biology: ie the winter and summer processionary moths. Pheromone chemistry tend also to support the fact that T. pityocampa and T. wilkinsoni should be considered as ecotypes. The same conclusion is proposed for T. pinivora and T. bonjeani.

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