Incidence of Stored-product Phycitinae Moths in Food Distribution Warehouses as Determined by Sex Pheromone-baited Traps

1986 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 936-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. W. Vick ◽  
P. G. Koehler ◽  
J. J. Neal
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Baited Traps

Vespula vulgaris(Hymenoptera: Vespidae) gynes use a sex pheromone to attract males

2013 ◽  
Vol 145 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Brown ◽  
Ashraf M. El-Sayed ◽  
David Maxwell Suckling ◽  
Lloyd D. Stringer ◽  
Jacqueline R. Beggs
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Wind Tunnel ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Sex Attractant ◽  
Mate Finding ◽  
Sex Attraction ◽  
Vespula Vulgaris ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Virgin Queens ◽  
Cotton Roll

AbstractSex attraction studies were carried out to investigate the mate-finding behaviour of invasiveVespula vulgaris(Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) wasps. Delta traps were baited with live, caged males, and gynes (virgin queens) ofV. vulgaristo determine whether either sex produced a long-range sex attractant. Traps baited with gynes caught 71 males, while the controls and live-male wasp baited traps did not catch gynes. Wind tunnel trials were performed to verify if the signal produced by the gynes was chemical in nature. First,V. vulgarismales were flown to live caged gynes, where more than half of the males tested flew upwind in a zigzagging pattern and made contact with caged gynes. Males were also flown to hexane rinses of gynes and flew upwind in a zigzagging pattern towards the gyne extract, although none made contact with the cotton roll stimulus. The results presented here demonstrate conclusively thatV. vulgarisgynes produce a sex pheromone.

Spectral discrimination by Synanthedon myopaeformis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) when orienting to traps baited with sex pheromone or feeding attractants

2013 ◽  
Vol 146 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary J.R. Judd ◽  
Chelsea Eby
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Grape Juice ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Spectral Discrimination ◽  
Clearwing Moth ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Adult Mass ◽  
Group 1

AbstractApple clearwing moth, Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), is an invasive species in Canada and a destructive pest of commercial apple trees in British Columbia. Adult mass trapping is being developed to help organic apple producers manage this pest. We manipulated and measured spectral reflectance from delta traps, unitraps, and bottle traps used to deploy sex pheromone, phenylacetaldehyde, and grape juice mass-trapping baits and compared catches in baited traps having different reflectance properties. Synanthedon myopaeformis did not discriminate among pheromone-baited delta traps painted yellow, green, or white, from those left clear (group 1), nor among those painted purple, blue, red, or black (group 2). Catches by all treatments in group 1 were significantly greater than all in group 2. Catches in pheromone-baited delta traps were positively correlated with their intensity of green wavelength reflectance (500–550 nm). Fluorescent yellow delta traps reflected more green and ultraviolet (300–400 nm) light than standard yellow or green traps but caught significantly fewer moths when baited with pheromone, implying an antagonistic interaction of green versus ultraviolet-sensitive behaviours. Pheromone-baited all-yellow unitraps caught significantly more moths than equivalent all-green, all-white, or all-red unitraps. Catches in pheromone-baited all-yellow unitraps decreased when any component (lid, funnel, or bucket) was replaced with a green one. Changing the intensity or quality of reflectance from funnels had the greatest impact on unitrap catches (82% reduction). Spectral preferences were modulated by odours eliciting different behaviours (mating versus feeding). When baited with the floral feeding odour phenylacetaldehyde, yellow and green delta traps were among the least attractive, whereas black and blue traps were among the most attractive. When baited with grape juice food baits, black bottle traps caught significantly more moths than any other colour except white, and the former are recommended for maximising mass trapping of females while minimising nontarget impacts of juice baits.

The influence of pheromone trap design and placement on catch of the red bollworm of cotton Diparopsis castanea Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

1978 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Pheromone Trap ◽  
Trap Design ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Cotton Fields ◽  
Monitoring Traps ◽  
Monitoring Trap ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractThree suitable sex pheromone trap designs for trapping the red bofiworm of cotton, Diparopsis castanea Hmps., including a simple omnidirectional monitoring trap, are described. In trials in Malawi, Diparopsis was more readily trapped on open horizontal trapping surfaces (water or adhesive) than in enclosed types of traps. The presence of a roof above the trapping surface, at spacings of up to 20 cm, significantly reduced catches. White traps, or unpainted traps in the case of vane traps constructed from galvanised metal, caught more moths than traps of other colours. Catches were greatest when monitoring traps in cotton were placed at ground level or at a height of 0·5 m and, when dicastalure was released from polyethylene vials, by employing a trap 60 cm in diameter. Evidence was obtained that competition may exist between female-baited traps spaced up to 73 m apart, although catches in traps baited with dicastalure were not significantly different when traps were 40–60 m apart. The greatest catches of moths in cotton were in traps located in insecticide-sprayed fields, but moths were also trapped in considerable numbers in other crops and to a reduced extent in open areas 4·8 km from the nearest cotton. From about the end of February, catches in maize, groundnut and fallow areas frequently exceeded the catches recorded within cotton fields, which may indicate an increased dispersal flight from cotton by adult moths later in the season. Weekly replacement in monitoring traps of polyethylene vials containing dicastalure produced maximum moth catches, but there was no significant difference in catch between traps in which pheromone was replaced at intervals of 2, 3, 4 or 6 weeks.

Field studies with the synthetic sex pheromone and inhibitor of the red bollworm Diparopsis castanea Hmps. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Malawi

1976 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Corn Oil ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Pheromone Concentration ◽  
Synthetic Sex Pheromone ◽  
Close Range ◽  
Trap Catches ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractThe synthetic sex pheromone of Diparopsis castanea Hmps., dicastalure, is a 4:1 synergistic combination of 93% trans:7% cis-9,11-dodecadien-1-yl acetate (IV) and the unattractive compound 11-dodecen-1-yl acetate (IIB). Both cis and trans-9-dodecen-1-yl acetate (IIA), the latter occurring in the female pheromone gland, are potent inhibitors of male attraction, as little as 10–4 mg IIA significantly reducing the attractiveness of virgin females in pheromone traps for more than one month in the field. Inhibition is typically close range, although higher concentrations are inhibitory when placed at up to 1 m from the female. IV and IIB also reduce male catch in female-baited traps, but dicastalure does not. Recently mated females, confined with virgins, reduce male catch, thereby indicating release of an unknown inhibitor. When formulated in a suitable extender, such as corn-oil, dicastalure may be released from sealed polyethylene vials or from cellulose acetate cigarette filters, and inclusion of the antioxidant 2:6-di-tort-butyl-p-cresol (BHT) prolongs the attractiveness of 1 mg dicastalure formulations beyond 25–30 days. Release from polyethylene is more efficient than from either polypropylene or cellulose and moth catch over a five-week period is linearly related to the logarithm of pheromone concentration. Significant communication disruption, as measured by reduced trap catches of male Diparopsis, occurred when female-baited traps in 100 m2 cotton plots were surrounded by point sources of either dicastalure (synthetic females) or the inhibitory IIA acetate (anti-females). Since dicastalure is occasionally less attractive than virgin females, efforts are being made to improve pheromone slow release formulations.

EVALUATION OF PHEROMONE BAITED TRAPS IN A PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ON PEARS FOR CODLING MOTH CONTROL

1976 ◽  
Vol 108 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. H. Westigard ◽  
K. L. Graves
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Codling Moth ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Trap Design ◽  
Male Moth ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Laspeyresia Pomonella

AbstractTraps baited with the codling moth, Laspeyresia pomonella (L.), sex pheromone, trans-8, trans- 10-dodecadien-1-ol, were evaluated for their suitability in a pest management program in an area of high host abandonment. Modifications in trap design, trap condition, or pheromone cap type resulted in variation in male moth catch. In commercial orchards the necessity of both interior and perimeter traps is indicated. Reduction in pesticide sprays was obtained in two of the four orchards monitored, but utilization of traps in a pest management program is hampered by several factors including orchard design, grower attitude, and considerations of cultural practices.

Factors affecting catch of the black-headed caterpillar, Opisina arenosella Walker in sex pheromone-baited traps and evidence for population suppression by mass trapping

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandrashekharaiah Muniyappa ◽  
Karumuru Raja Madhura Bhanu ◽  
Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy ◽  
Prabhakara Muttuvalli Seetharama ◽  
Prashant Mangalgikar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Opisina Arenosella ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Population Suppression

scholarly journals Monitoring Chilecomadia valdiviana (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) Using Sex Pheromone-Baited Traps in Apple Orchards in Chile

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 511
Author(s):  
Wilson Barros-Parada ◽  
Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras ◽  
Jan Bergmann ◽  
Heidy Herrera ◽  
Takeshi Kinsho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Apple Tree ◽  
Tree Canopy ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Apple Orchards ◽  
Trap Catch ◽  
Baited Traps ◽  
Trap Location ◽  
Series Of Experiments

Chilecomadia valdiviana (Philippi) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) is a native xylophagous pest in apple orchards in Chile. A series of experiments evaluated the efficacy of trap type, sex pheromone (Z7,Z10-16:Ald) dose, and trap location in the apple tree canopy on trap catch of male adults. Bucket traps (6 L), with and without roof and cross vane spacers, together with bucket traps (20 L) without roof and spacers, showed higher catches among the four types of traps evaluated. In a second experiment, the UNI-trap and Delta trap showed higher catches than Multipher, wing, and bucket traps (6 L). Male catches were not affected by height when tested at 0, 1.5, and 3 m in the canopy. A 300 µg dose of Z7,Z10-16:Ald showed higher catch than the control treatment. This dose allowed monitoring of male flight of C. valdiviana for at least five weeks in apple orchards in Chile. Based on relative trap costs, we propose the use of 6 L bucket traps for male mass trapping, while Delta traps can be used for monitoring of male flight. We found that male flight of C. valdiviana occurred mainly from mid-August to late November, reaching its maximum in mid-September.

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