Bombykol

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Bombykol is a pheromone released by the female silkworm moth to attract mates. 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. [link]

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