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[Subject Matter] Crop Protection (Insect Attractant) [Docket] 129.01 [Title] ATTRACTANT PHEREOMONE FOR THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE [Description] 
The invention is an attractant (aggregation pheromone) for the Colorado potato beetle (CPB) Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The attractant is a single compound (3,7-dimethyl-2-oxooct-6-ene-1,3-diol) that is released by CPB males. The compound is novel for insects and may exist as two enantiomers.
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