Research advances on identification and mechanism of insect antiaphrodisiac pheromones

Chemical communication in sexual phenomenon of insects through the diverse chemical structures has a high degree of specificity and attractive induction. As an important messenger for insect reproduction, sex pheromones can be divided into sex pheromone to attract mating and antiaphrodisiac pheromone to inhibit mating. Antiaphrodisiac pheromone is a class of volatile substance transferred to the female insects from the male during the mating. The attractiveness of sexual desire by reducing mating females to other male is an important approach to naturally control reproduction and species propagation. This article summarized several types of chemicals for the insect sexual behavior and briefly discussed the recent advances on the mechanism of action. The mechanism of chemical communication is an essential step of understanding the life cycle of insects, providing the scientific foundation of building a better ecological environment through biological control.