As a consequence of the diversity of Lepidoptera, including 150,000 described species,
interesting species-specific sex pheromone systems are exhibited in this insect group. The …

▪ Abstract Polyene hydrocarbons and epoxides are used as pheromone components and
sex attractants by four macrolepidopteran families: the Geometridae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae …

Abstract In 1980, Sharpless and Katsuki discovered a system for the asymmetric epoxidation
of primary allylic alcohols that utilizes Ti (OPr‐i) 4, a dialkyl tartrate as a chiral ligand, and tert …

Lepidoptera, including about 150,000 species in the world, comprise the second largest
insect group, and sex pheromones have been identified from virgin female moths of more …

The synthesis of insect pheromones Page 9 The Synthesis of Insect Pheromones KENJI MOM
Department of Agriculturol Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 1 …

Abstract The fall‐webworm (FWW), Hyphantria cunea, is a highly polyphagous insect pest
that is native to North America and distributed in different countries around the world. To …

Hyphantria cunea (Drury) is a destructive invasive pest species in China that uses type II sex
pheromone components. To date, however, the binding mechanisms of its sex pheromone …

Since the first identification of bombykol, sex pheromones of about 700 moth species have
been elucidated. Additionally, field evaluations of synthetic pheromones and their related …

Composition of insect sex pheromone is not always constant for any particular species. It
may be different depending on the geographical area in the distribution of a species, as can …

BACKGROUND General odor‐binding proteins (GOBPs) play critical roles in insect olfactory
recognition of sex pheromones and plant volatiles. Therefore, the identification of GOBPs in …