Extraction and Identification of the Sex Pheromone of Different Populations of Carob Moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae

Carob moth Ectomyelois ceratoniae Zeller is an important pest of pomegranate in Iran and expanded its range into many parts of the world. It is an important pest in the United States on date, in Iran, it is not founded on date, but it is a key pest of pome grates. Due to the inefficiency of chemical and other control methods for preventing carob moth’s damages on pomegranate, it is essential to use biological methods such as the use of pheromones for monitoring or attractant kill. For this reason, identification of sex pheromone and its components of carob moth is essential for biological control of this pest, and in this project the major sex pheromone (Z,E)-9,11,13-tetradecatrienal and others components of E. ceratoniae in different parts of north Khorasan and Semnan provinces were identified. The method was extraction of pheromone by SPME and identification by GC/mass. ‍Compounds, with masses 206 (Z,E)-9,11,13-tetradecatrienal), 208 ((Z,E)-9,11-tetradecadienal) and 210 (9-(Z)-tetradecenal) were obtained from the injected samples into Varian GC/mass.