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The sex pheromone ofCryptophlebia leucotreta females is a mixture of (E)-8- and (Z)-8-dodecenyl acetate (dda). The compounds have been isolated from extracts ofC. leucotreta females and were identified by means of chromatography on a silver-impregnated column, and by combined GC-MS analysis and ozonolysis. Optimal catches of males were obtained with mixtures of (E)-8- and (Z)-8-dda in the range of 70∶30 to 30∶70.
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Persoons, C.J., Ritter, F.J. & Nooyen, W.J. Sex pheromone of the false codling mothCryptophlebia leucotreta (Lepidoptera:Tortricidae). J Chem Ecol 3, 717–722 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00988070
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