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In this exploratory study, we characterised adult volatile and cuticular chemistry using dynamic headspace sampling (DHS), cuticular wash (CW), solid-phase microextraction (SPME), supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), and quantified electroantennographic (EAG) dose\u2013responses in males and females in relation to a panel of eight literature-informed compounds (hexanal, hexyl acetate, hexyl formate, \u03b2-caryophyllene, (E)-\u03b2-farnesene, ocimene, benzyl alcohol and 2-phenylethanol). EAG responses were evaluated at six concentrations using a Bayesian hierarchical four-parameter Hill model. Across the four methods, 128 compounds were detected, of which 69 met a \u226520% detection-frequency threshold and were retained as the representative profile. Of these, hexanal, hexyl acetate, hexyl formate, and \u03b2-caryophyllene were detected in L. chilensis extracts, the latter only in male DHS collections; this compound is more likely to be a host plant volatile than an insect-produced signal. All eight compounds elicited concentration-dependent antennal responses in both sexes. Among these four compounds, \u03b2-caryophyllene yielded the lowest fitted EC50 in both females (9 \u00b5g mL\u22121 [90% CrI: 5\u201316]) and males (9 \u00b5g mL\u22121 [90% CrI: 5\u201315]), although curves remained unsaturated; because delivered antennal dose was not measured and volatility differs substantially among the tested compounds, this cannot be interpreted as evidence of greater antennal sensitivity to \u03b2-caryophyllene specifically, and cross-compound EC50 comparisons throughout this study are restricted to this caveat. All four Hill parameters were identifiable in both sexes for benzyl alcohol, (E)-\u03b2-farnesene, hexyl formate, and 2-phenylethanol. 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