The sex pheromone of Stathmopoda masinissa (Lepidoptera: Stathmopodidae) [감꼭지나방], an important pest of persimmon in Korea, was studied. Two pheromone components which known from Japanese population were detected in the gland extracts of females by mass spectral analysis of the gland extracts and comparisons of retention time with authentic compounds. Those were (E4,Z6)- 4,6-hexadecadienyl acetate (E4,Z6-16Ac) and (E4,Z6)-4,6-hexadecadien-1-ol (E4,Z6-16OH) in the ratio of 10:90. In a persimmon orchard, a single compound of E4,Z6-16Ac and E4,Z6-16OH was attractive to S. masinissa. However, the mixture of E4,Z6-16Ac and E4,Z6-16OH (1:1) caught significantly more males than each single component. In addition, the traps baited with E4,Z6-16Ac attracted significantly more Oedematopoda ignipicta (Lepidoptera: Stathmopodidae) [붉은꼬마꼭지나방] than control. These results suggest that both of the E4, Z6-16Ac and E4,Z6-16OH are needed to attract S. masinissa

• Junheon Kim(Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
• Seul-Bi Lee(Department of Applied Biology, Gyeongsang National University)
• Chung Gyoo Park(Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)