Studies on identification and syntheses of insect pheromones XXII : Sex pheromone of poplar twig clearwing mothParanthrene tabaniformis rott-Structure and synthesis.

(E,Z)-3,13-Octadecadien-1-ol (la) was identified as the sex pheromone from the poplar twig clearwing moth,Paranthrene tabaniformis, females by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis, synthesis, and laboratory bioassays. In the field tests, a trap baited with 200 µg synthetic la caught more male moths than two live female moths.