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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Research, Technology, Methods > chemical substances > technical chemicals > attractants > insect attractants > disparlure
Preferred Term:

disparlure

Definition:
The sex pheromone of female gypsy moths, Lymantria dispar, as well as the synthetic sex attractant used to elicit attraction of male moths.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
insect attractants
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • rel-(2R,3S)-2-decyl-3-(5-methylhexyl)oxirane
  • (7RS,8SR)-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2012-11-30