Formulation: A solution in hexane
Formal Name: 9Z-pentacosene
Purity: ≥95%
Formula Markup: C25H50
Formula Weight: 350,7
Shelf life (days): 365
CAS Number: 51865-00-0
Notes: 9(Z)-Pentacosene is a cuticular hydrocarbon and insect sex hormone.{42524,42525,42526} It is found in the cuticle of female F. canicularis flies and is an attractant to males in a trap assay.{42524} 9(Z)-Pentacosene is a contact sex hormone in scarab beetles and locust borers that is more abundant in females than males.{42525,42526} It elicits arrestment, alignment, and mounting by males of both species in mating assays but only elicits copulation by the locust borer. 9(Z)-Pentacosene is also produced by the orchid O. exaltata and by C. cunicularius, a pollinator of O. exaltata.{42527}