The sex pheromones of female moths are known to be biosynthesized in a pheromone gland located at a terminal part of the abdomen, and recently it has been reported that this biosynthesis is controlled by a brain hormone.Raina and Klun observed that the injection of a brain homogenate restored the pheromone titer of a ligated female of the corn earworm moth, Heliothis zea.1)A similar result was obtained by Ohguchi.<^al.using a decapitated female moth of the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis.2)
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