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Notes: Sex pheromone of the oleander scale, Aspidiotus nerii Bouché (Homoptera: Diaspididae) was investigated to define its chemistry. Quantification of sex pheromone emitted by female of oleander scale was performed using headspace solid phase microextraction (SPME) subsequently analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), adopting a cyclobutane derivative standard of oleander scale sex pheromone chemically synthesized as a standard. The headspace SPME of the volatile emission from about 30 virgin female oleander scales from a Sicilian population monitored for several days allowed individuating the initial point of sex pheromone production in females twenty-seven d-old. The amount of pheromone production has been determined in 10 pg for single scale per day.