Courtship, Pheromone Titre and Determination of the Male Mating Success in the Oriental Fruit Moth, Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)"

Sequestration, into the ethyl trans-cinnamate, over control QQ hairpencils, of the behaviourally most active courtship pheromone component, in male Grapholita rnolesta (Busck 1916) results in an increased mating success attracted to ethyl cinnamate-treated dd moved significantly faster than 99 attracted to control Cfcf Since control dd that were successful at coupling on average took more attempts to do so than treated dtf, their successful attempt tended to be later and closer than for EC dy