Pheromone Communication in Moths: Evolution, Behavior, and Application

Common among moths is a mate-finding system in which females emit a pheromone that induces males to fly upwind along the pheromone plume. Since the chemical pheromone of the domesticated silk moth was identified in 1959, a steady increase in the number of moth species whose pheromone attractants have been identified now results in a rich base for review and synthesis.

Pheromone Communication in Moths summarizes moth pheromone biology, covering the chemical structures used by the various lin...