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Semiochemicals of Sitophilus zeamais, the Maize weevil

Phylum:  Arthropoda
Subphylum:  Uniramia
Class:  Insecta
Order:  Coleoptera
Family:  Curculionidae
Subfamily:  Rhynchophorinae
Genus:  Sitophilus
Tribe:  Sitophilini
Author:  Motschulsky
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Semiochemical(s):

  Hodges RJ  1998  Bull. Entomol. Res.  88: 131   
    4S5R-sitophinone    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
L
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
 
 
  Ndungu M  1995  Entomol. Exp. Appl.  76: 217   
    alpha-terpineol    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   Al
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Repellent 
    12-2Kt    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦    
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
 
 
  Walgenbach CA  1987  J. Chem. Ecol.  13: 2159   
    4S5R-sitophinone    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
M
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Agg. pheromone 
 
  Phillips JK  1985  J. Chem. Ecol.  11: 1263   
    4S5R-sitophinone    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Agg. pheromone 
 
  Schmuff NR  1984  Tetrahedron Lett.  25: 1533   
    4S5R-sitophinone    ¦Relative ratio of the component¦   ¦(*) indicates that compound is active¦   P
¦Category of the chemical signal
A -   Attractant
Al -   Allomone
K -   Kairomone
P -   Pheromone
Sy -   Synomone¦
 
M
¦Source of the chemical signal
F -   Female
H -   Host (could be of plant or animal origin)
L -   Lure
M -   Male
M&F -   Male and Female
S -   Solider
Q -   Queen
W -   Worker¦
 
¦Amount
pg -   Picogram
ng -   Nanogram
µg -   Microgram
mg -   Milligram
g -   Gram¦
 
Agg. pheromone 
 

Reference(s):

Hodges, R.J., Hall, D.R., Mbugua, J.N., and Likhayo, P.W. 1998. The responses of Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to pheromone and synthetic maize volatiles as lures in crevice or flight traps. Bull. Entomol. Res. 88:131-139.
 
Ndungu, M., Lwande, W., Hassanali, A., Moreka, L., and Chhabra, S.C. 1995. Cleome monophylla essential oil and its constituents as tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) and maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais) repellents. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 76:217-222.
 
Walgenbach, C.A., Phillips, J.K., Burkholder, W.E., King, G.G.S., Slessor, K.N., and Mori, K. 1987. Determination of chirality in 5-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-heptanone, the aggregation pheromone of Sitophilus oryae (L.) and S. zeamais Motschulsky. J. Chem. Ecol. 13:2159-2169.
 
Phillips, J.K., Walgenbach, C.A., Klein, J.A., Burkholder, W.E., Schmuff, N.R., and Fales, H.M. 1985. (R*,S*)-5-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-heptanone: male-produced aggregation pheromone of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) and S. zeamais Motsch. J. Chem. Ecol. 11:1263-1274.
 
Schmuff, N.R., Philips, J.K., Burkholder, W.E., Fales, H.M., Chen, C.-W., Roller, P.P., and Ma, M. 1984. The chemical identification of the rice weevil and maize weevil aggregation pheromone. Tetrahedron Lett. 25:1533-1534.
 
 
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