Sex Attractant of the Grass Grub Beetle
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- 22 May 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 168 (3934) , 1005-1006
Abstract
The sex attractant produced by adult females of the grass grub beetle Costelytra zealandica (White) has been isolated and identified as phenol. Field tests with phenol-water mixtures were attractive to male beetles in particular.Keywords
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- Insect Sex AttractantsRussian Chemical Reviews, 1969