US EPA clears lepidopteran pheromone

The US EPA has announced approval of the pheromone, (E,E)-8,10-dodecadien-1-yl acetate. On June 30, 2014, EPA received an application filed by Pacific Biocontrol Corporation to register the product, Isomate® FBW Ring containing the new Straight-Chain Lepidopteran Pheromone (SCLP) active ingredient, (E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-1-yl acetate.

(E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-1-yl acetate is a new technical grade synthetic Straight-Chain Lepidopteran Pheromone (SCLP) that is structurally similar to, and mimics, a naturally occurring pheromone produced by the female filbertworm, Cydia latiferreana, to attract males for mating. This synthetic technical grade active ingredient (TGAI), (E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-1-yl acetate, is intended to mitigate the effects of the filbertworm by disrupting the normal mating cycle of this pest in pomegranates and other pome fruits and hazelnuts and other tree nut crops.

The TGAI will be formulated into the proposed end-use product (EP), Isomate® FBW Ring, at a nominal concentration 88.93%. The EP is a twin-tube ring dispenser that will be placed on lateral branches in the upper third of the tree canopy. The use of (E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-1-yl acetate as a SCLP is not expected to cause any unreasonable adverse effects to human health or the environment.

Isomate® FBW Ring is the first registration product containing the new SCLP active ingredient, (E,E)-8,10-Dodecadien-1-yl acetate.