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Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched in the term of Insect and Sex Pheromone?

A. Pink boll ⇔ worm Gossyplure

B. American boll ⇔ worm Hetilure

C. Bombyx mori ⇔ Bombykol

D. Cotton boll ⇔ weevil Hexalure

Answer: Option D

Solution(By Examveda Team)

A. Pink boll ⇔ worm Gossyplure
The pink bollworm is an insect known for being a pest in cotton farming. The adult is a small, thin, gray moth with fringed wings. Gossyplure the pink bollworm sex pheromone has been used commercially since 1977 to suppress pest populations by disrupting mating in cotton.
B. American boll ⇔ worm Hetilure
Bollworm is the common term for a moth larva that attacks the fruiting bodies of certain crops, especially cotton. Hetilure is its pheromone.
C. Bombyx mori ⇔ Bombykol
Bombykol is a pheromone released by the female silkworm moth to attract mates. It is also the sex pheromone in the wild silk moth (Bombyx mandarina). Discovered by Adolf Butenandt in 1959, it was the first pheromone to be characterized chemically. Butenandt named the substance after the moth's Latin name Bombyx mori.
D. Cotton boll ⇔ weevil Hexalure is not correctly matched. Weevil hexalure is not a sex pheromone nor cotton boll is any insect.
The boll weevil is a beetle that feeds on cotton buds and flowers. The boll weevil lays its eggs inside buds and ripening bolls (fruits) of the cotton plants.

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