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. 2020 Nov 20;45(4):191–205. doi: 10.1584/jpestics.D20-046

Table 1. Type I and II lepidopteran female pheromones with a new chemical structure discovered since 2003.

Identified compound Insect Publication year of 2000s [Reference]
Chem. class Structure abbreviation [Superfamily]a) Family (Subfamily) Species
(A) Type I
Monoene E8-10:OH (13) [Zyg] Limacodidae Monema flavescens 13 [20]
E6-12:OAc (14) [Gel] Gelechiidae Anthistarcha binocularis 20 [21]
E6-12:OH (15) [Gel] Gelechiidae Anthistarcha binocularis 20 [21]
E5-16:OAc (16) [Gel] Stathmopodidae Stathmopoda auriferella 13 [22]
Z13-16:OAc (17) [Pyr] Crambidae (Spilomelinae) Herpetogramma submarginale 15 [23]
E6-18:Ald (18) [Bom] Saturniidae Actias luna 16 [24]
Diene Z4,Z7-10:OAc (19) [Gel] Batrachedridae Batrachedra amydraula 11 [25], 13 [26]
E3,Z5-14:OAc (20) [Tor] Cochylidae Phtheochroa cranaodes 01 [27], 03 [28]
Z3,E5-14:OAc (21) [Cos] Cossidae Holcocerus vicarius 15 [29]
E9,Z11-15:Ald (22) [Bom] Sphingidae Dolbina tancrei 13 [30]
Z9,Z11-15:Ald (23) [Bom] Sphingidae Dolbina tancrei 13 [30]
Z7,Z10-16:Ald (24) [Cos] Cossidae Chilecomadia valdiviana 16 [31], 17 [32]
E10,E14-16:Ald (25) [Pyr] Crambidae (Spilomelinae) Omphisa anastomosalis 10 [33], 14 [34]
E6,Z11-18:Ald (26) [Bom] Saturniidae Actias luna 16 [24]
Tetraene E4,E6,Z11,Z13-16:Ald (27) [Bom] Saturniidae Callosamia promethea 13 [35]
Dienyne Z9,≡11,Δ13–14:Ald (28) [Gel] Elachistidae Stenoma catenifer 08 [36], 09 [37]
(B) Type II
Monoene Z6,epo9-19:H (29) [Geo] Geometridae (Ennominae) Ennomos subsignaria 10 [38]
Diene Z6,Z9-22:H (30) [Noc] Erebidae (Arctiinae) Eilema japonica 10 [39]
Z6,Z9-21:11-OH (31) [Noc] Erebidae (Lymantriinae) Orgyia detrita 03 [40]
Z6,Z9-21:11-one (32) [Noc] Erebidae (Lymantriinae) Orgyia leucostigma 03 [41], 08 [42]
Teia anartoides 05 [43], 05 [44]
Triene Z3,Z6,Z9-22:H (33) [Noc] Erebidae (Arctiinae) Eilema japonica 10 [39]
E4,Z6,Z9-21:H (34) [Noc] Erebidae (Arctiinae) Arctia plantaginis 17 [45]
Z6,Z9,Z12-18:H (35) [Geo] Geometridae (Geometrinae) Hemithea tritonaria 09 [46], 11 [47]
Pamphlebia rubrolimbraria
Z6,Z9,Z12-20:H (36) [Geo] Geometridae (Geometrinae) Maxates versicausa 09 [46], 11 [47]
Tetraene Z2,E4,Z6,Z9-21:H (37) [Noc] Erebidae (Arctiinae) Arctia plantaginis 17 [45]
Z3,Z6,Z9,Z12-20:H (38) [Geo] Geometridae (Geometrinae) Thalassodes immissaria 09 [46]
Z3,Z6,Z9,Z19-23:H (39) [Tis] Tischeriidae Tischeria ekebladella 12 [48]
Pentaene Z3,Z6,Z9,Z12,Z15-23:H (40) [Pyr] Pyralidae (Phycitinae) Amyelois transitella 05 [49], 10 [50], 10 [51]
(Pyralinae) Pyralis farinalis 10 [50]
(Epipaschiinae) Orthaga achatina 18 [52]
Z3,Z6,Z9,Z12,Z15-25:H (41) [Pyr] Pyralidae (Phycitinae) Amyelois transitella 05 [49]
Dioryctria abietivorella 05 [53], 08 [54]
Dioryctria abietella 12 [55]
Dioryctria mendacella 17 [56]

a) Superfamilies are abbreviated as follows; [Bom] Bombycoidea, [Cos] Cossoidea, [Gel] Gelechioidea, [Geo] Geometroidea, [Noc] Noctuoidea, [Pyr] Pyraloidea, [Tin] Tineoidea, [Tis] Tischerioidea, [Tor] Tortricoidea, and [Zyg] Zygaenoidea.