Chemistry and mating behaviour of <em>Agrilus planipennis</em>, emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 9:32 AM

Room 210, Second Floor (Convention Center)

Peter Silk , Natural Resources Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Krista Ryall , Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada

Peter Mayo , Natural Resources Canada, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Matthew Lemay , Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Jon Sweeney , Atlantic Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Barry Lyons , Natural Resources Canada, Atlantic Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Doug Pitt , Natural Resources Canada, Atlantic Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Fredericton, NB, Canada

David Magee , Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

We tested the attraction of emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera:Buprestidae)to synthetic (3Z)-dodecen-12-olide (3Z-lactone), (3E)-dodecen-12-olide (3E-lactone), ash volatlies (simulated by Phoebe oil) and all combinations in field trapping bioassays in Ontario, Canada using sticky purple prism traps. Our results suggest that the 3Z-lactone is a pheromone component of EAB that stimulates long-range attraction of EAB males but requires the combination of specific sesquiterpene kairomones common to both Phoebe oil and ash volatiles. GC/MS and GC/EAD analyses of female collected volatiles confirmed the presence of the 3Z-lactone in females.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.43204

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