The present invention provides a composite sex attractant for gray tea geometre and its application, belonging to the field of
plant protection. The present invention dissolves
linalool, trans-2-hexenal, cis-3-
hexene-1-ol,
hexanol,
phenylethyl alcohol, and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, which are volatile compounds derived from tea trees, with two main sex
pheromone compounds of gray tea geometre, Z,Z,Z-3,6,9-octadecatriene and Z,Z-3,9-6,7-
epoxy-octadecadiene, in a
solvent in a
mass ratio of 2-4:2-4:2-4:2-4:2-4:2-4:2-4:0.4-1.0:0.6-1.2 to form a composite sex attractant. The composite sex attractant is placed on a
wool felt strip and sealed with a
plastic film to form a lure core. The lure core is attached to a khaki
insect trap plate, which is fixed to a
tea garden. The composite sex attractant of the present invention can kill some female adults and a large number of male adults of the gray tea geometrid that are pregnant but have not yet laid eggs, thereby reducing the probability of
mating, significantly reducing the number of eggs and larvae of the next generation, and reducing the damage to tea trees caused by the gray tea geometrid larvae.