The Chemistry of Sexual Deception in an Orchid-Wasp Pollination System
- 17 October 2003
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 302 (5644), 437-438
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1087835
Abstract
The “sexually deceptive” orchid Chiloglottis trapeziformis attracts males of its pollinator species, the thynnine wasp Neozeleboria cryptoides , by emitting a unique volatile compound, 2-ethyl-5-propylcyclohexan-1,3-dione, which is also produced by female wasps as a male-attracting sex pheromone.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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