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US 4,284,622 AGranted
Attractant for sunflower moth
AssigneeCanadian Patents and Development Limited
InventorsEdward W. Underhill, Warren F. Steck, Melvin D. Chisholm, Alfred P. Arthur
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Abstract
An attractant has been found for the male sunflower moth Homoeosoma electellum (Hulst.). Z-9,E-12-tetradecadien-1-ol has been found effective, optionally in the presence of Z-9-tetradecen-1-ol.
Claims11
A method of attracting male sunflower moths Homoeosoma electellum, during the flight period and in the expected locale of such moths, to specific loci or to disseminated attractant;
- comprising distributing by one of (a) providing at each locus and (b) disseminating, an attractant consisting essentially of Z-9, E-12-tetradecadien-1-ol, in an amount effective to attract such moths.
An attractant composition for male sunflower moths Homoeosoma electellum consisting essentially of:
- (a) Z-9, E-12-tetradecadien-1-ol, and
- (b) Z-9-tetradecen-1-ol in proportions of (a)/(b) of about 1/100-9/1 by wt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.