Research advance on the male lepidopteran pheromones.
Author of the article:JIAO Xiao-Guo，XUAN Wei-Jian，WANG Hong-Tuo，SHENG Cheng-Fa
Author's Workplace：(State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insect and Rodents, Institute of Zoology，Chinese Academy of Sciences， Beijing 100080，China)
Key Words：male pheromone; chemical components; scent structures; functions
Abstract：There is an extraordinary degree of diversity in both pheromone chemistry and morphology of the scent-organs from males of many species of Lepidoptera. Several functions have been postulated for the evolution of male pheromones, such as courtship, prevent