A Male Aggregation Pheromone in the Bronze Bug, Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Thaumastocoridae)

Figure 2

GC-MS traces (TIC) of T. peregrinus male volatile extracts (upper trace) and synthetic 3-methylbut-2-enyl butanoate (lower trace). The mass spectra of the natural and synthetic compounds match closely, with small ions in the natural sample corresponding to nonanal, a coeluting compound from E. tereticornis leaf volatiles.