A laboratory evaluation of alcohols as attractants for the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera:Psychodidae)

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 Reports of haematophagous insect responses to octanol, heptanol and nonanol

Compounds	Sources of compounds	Insects	References
		Experimental design responses
1-octanol	Commercial (Aldrich)	Simulium arcticum	Sutcliffe et al.[18]
1-octanol	Commercial (Aldrich)	Field Negative attractiveness	Sutcliffe et al.[18]
1-heptanol	Metasternal glands of Triatoma brasiliensis	Triatoma brasiliensis	Vitta et al.[19]
		CG- EAD
		No response
1-nonanol	Volatiles from cattle headspace and urine	Haematobia irritans Stomoxys calcitrans	Birkett et al.[20]
		CG-EAG Positive response

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