Supplementary 2. List of selected Lymantriidae moths, their pheromone compounds and known antagonists

Common Name / Scientific name / Pheromone components / Known antagonists /
Okinawa gypsy moth2 / Lymantria albescens / (+) disparlure / 2me-Z7-18Hy
(+) monachalure
Orange winged tussock moth2 / Lymantria atemeles / (+) disparlure
Concolorous tussock moth2 / Lymantria concolor / (+) disparlure
Asian gypsy moth2 / Lymantria dispar asiatica / (+) disparlure / (-) disparlure
2me-Z7-18Hy
European gypsy moth2 / Lymantria dispar dispar / (+) disparlure*
(7R,8S)-cis-7,8- epoxy-2-methyl-17-octadecene / (-) disparlure
Japanese gypsy moth2 / Lymantria dispar japonica / (+) disparlure*
(7R,8S)-cis- 7,8-epoxy-2-methyl-17-octadecene / (7Z,9E)-2-methyl-octadecadiene
Dissolute tussock moth2 / Lymantria dissoluta / (+) disparlure
Red-bellied tussock moth2 / Lymantria fumida / (+) disparlure
2me-Z7-18Hy / (7Z,9E)-2-methyl-octadecadiene
Iris tussock moth2 / Lymantria iris / 2me-Z7-18Hy
Lucescens tussock moth2,3 / Lymantria lucescens / 2me-Z7-18Hy / (+) disparlure
(+) monachalure
Minomonis tussock moth2 / Lymantria minomonis / (+) disparlure
(+) monachalure*
2me-Z7-18Hy
Nun moth2,4 / Lymantria monacha / (+) disparlure*
(+) monachalure
2me-Z7-18Hy / (7Z,9E)-2-methyl-octadecadiene
Indian gypsy moth2,5 / Lymantria obfuscata / 2me-Z7-18Hy*
(+) disparlure*
Ryukyu gypsy moth2 / Lymantria postalba / (+) disparlure
Pulverea tussock moth2 / Lymantria pulverea / (+) disparlure
Serva tussock moth2 / Lymantria serva / 2me-Z7-18Hy
Hokkaido gypsy moth2 / Lymantria umbrosa / (+) disparlure*
(7R,8S)-cis-7,8- epoxy-2-methyl-17-octadecene
Douglas fir tussock moth1 / Orgyia pseudotsugata / Z6-11Kt-21Hy *
Z6E8-11Kt-21Hy
White-spotted tussock moth6 / Orgyia thyellina / Z6-11Kt-21Hy
Z6-9Kt-21Hy
Western tussock moth7 / Orgyia vetusta / Z6E8-11Kt-21Hy *
Z6-11Kt-21Hy

*Component is attractive alone.

(+) disparlure = (7R,8S)- cis-7,8- epoxy-2-methyloctadecane

(-) disparlure = (7S,8R)- cis-7,8- epoxy-2-methyloctadecane

*Component is attractive alone.

(+) disparlure = (7R,8S)- cis-7,8- epoxy-2-methyloctadecane

(-) disparlure = (7S,8R)- cis-7,8- epoxy-2-methyloctadecane

2me-Z7-18Hy = (7Z)-2-methyl-octadecene

(+) monachalure = (7R,8S)- cis-7,8- epoxy octadecane

Z6-11Kt-21Hy = (6Z)- heneicosen-11-one

Z6E8-11Kt-21Hy = (6Z,8E)- heneicosadien-11-one

Z6-9Kt-21Hy = (6Z)-heneicosen-9-one

1 Gries, G., Slessor, K. N., Gries, R., Khaskin, G., Wimalaratne, P. D. C., Gray, T. G., Grant, G. G., Tracey, A. S., and Hulme, M. 1997. (Z)6,(E)8-heneicosadien-11-one: Synergistic sex pheromone component of Douglas-fir tussock moth, Orgyia pseudotsugata (McDunnough) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 23:19–34.

2 Pogue, M. G., and Schaefer, P. W. 2007. A review of selected species of Lymantria Hübner [1819] (Lepidotera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae) from subtropical and temperate regions of Asia, including the descriptions of three new species, some potentially invasive to North America. Washington, D.C.: USDA, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, Technology Transfer FHTET-2006-07, 223 p.

3 Gries, G., Schaefer, P. W., Gries, R., Fan, Y. B., Higashiura, Y., and Tanaka, B. 2002. 2-2me-Z7-18Hy -(Z)-7-octadecene: Sex pheromone of allopatric Lymantria lucescens and L. serva. J. Chem. Ecol. 28:469–478.

4 Gries, G., Gries, R., Khaskin, G., Slessor, K. N., Grant, G. G., Liska, J., and Kapitola, P. 1996. Specificity of nun and gypsy moth sexual communication through multiple-component pheromone blends. Naturwissenschaften 83:382–385.

5 Gries, R., Schaefer, P.W., Hahn, R., Khaskin, G., Ramaseshiah, G., Singh, B., Hehar, G. K., and Gries, G. 2007. Sex pheromone components of Indian gypsy moth, Lymantria obfuscata. J. Chem. Ecol. 33:1774–1786.

6 Gries, G., Clearwater, J., Gries, R., Khaskin, G., King, S., and Schaefer, P. 1999. Synergistic sex pheromone components of white-spotted tussock moth, Orgyia thyellina. J. Chem. Ecol. 25:1091–1104.

7 Gries, R., Schaefer, P. W., Yoo, H. J. S., Greaves, M., and Gries, G. 2005. (Z,E)-6,8-heneicosadien-11-one: major sex pheromone component of Orgyia vetusta (Lepidoptera : Lymantriidae). Can. Entomol. 137:471–475.

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