The insect species Peridroma Saucia also release pheromones to attract sexual partners .
Harvard University Press , Cambridge , Mass . .Many if not all insect species , such as the ant Leptothorax acervorum , the moths Helicoverpa zea and Agrotis ipsilon , the bee Xylocopa varipuncta and the butterfly Edith 's checkerspot release sex pheromones to attract a mate , and many lepidopterans ( moths and butterflies ) can detect a potential mate from as far away as .