“…(16) In 1994, Aldrich and co-workers identified methyl 2,6,10-trimethyldodecanoate (15) and methyl 2,6,10-trimethyltridecanoate (16) as components of the maleproduced sex pheromones of the stink bugs, Euschistus heros and Euschistus obscurus. 62,63 The same compounds were later found in headspace volatiles from Brazilian male bug, Piezodorus guildinii, but the biological roles of these compounds in the species have not been delineated.…”