Use of Light Traps and Differing Light Color to Investigate Seasonal Abundance of the Date Palm Pest, Oryctes agamemnon arabicus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 105 (6) ◽  
pp. 2062-2067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad A. Al-Deeb ◽  
Saleh T. Mahmoud ◽  
Eyas M. Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Date Palm ◽  
Seasonal Abundance ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Oryctes Agamemnon ◽  
Light Color

Identification of the Aggregation Pheromone of the Date Palm Root Borer Oryctes agamemnon

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 446-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imen Saïd ◽  
Narjes Hasni ◽  
Zeineb Abdallah ◽  
Philippe Couzi ◽  
Monêem Ouhichi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aggregation Pheromone ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Oryctes Agamemnon

scholarly journals Monitoring and Management of Date Palm Borers by Using Light Traps

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-157
Author(s):  
Aqeel Alyousuf ◽  
Ali D. Shaaban ◽  
Mohammed M. Alderawii ◽  
Huda M. Alsaadie
Keyword(s):  
Date Palm ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Phoenix Dactylifera ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Monitoring Tool ◽  
Stem Borers

Date palm borers become a serious threat to date palm plantations in Iraq, which required management program to suppress their population by using different methods; one of them is the light traps which disseminated in Basrah province. The objective of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of light traps as a part of pest management tool. In three years monitoring of coleopteran adults, rhinoceros beetles Oryctes spp. and longhorn date palm borer Jebusaea hammerschmidtii infesting the date palm Phoenix dactylifera were reported by using light traps in different regions of Basrah, Iraq. Due to the result of the abundance of the borers, Oryctes spp. were the most dominant and most important causing severe damage for the date palm. Four species of Oryctes (O. agamemnon, O. elegans, O. sahariensis and O. sinaicus) were recorded in Basrah date palm orchards; the seasonal activity of the species was between April and May, reaching the peaks during summer, and the populations decreased gradually till December. The overall sex ratios of all species of Oryctes spp. were male-biased except O. elegans, which had the sex ratio of 1.13 female: 1 male. Results revealed that the light traps exhibit an effective control method to suppress the adult borer’s population and as a physical control and monitoring tool of date palm stem borers.

scholarly journals Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Amazônia of Maranhão. V. Seasonal occurrence in ancient colonization area and endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis

2001 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. M. REBÊLO ◽  
S. T. de OLIVEIRA ◽  
F. S. SILVA ◽  
V. L. L. BARROS ◽  
J. M. L. COSTA
Keyword(s):  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Rainy Season ◽  
Seasonal Abundance ◽  
Seasonal Occurrence ◽  
Annual Species ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Dry Period ◽  
Municipal District ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Eleven Species

In this paper, the seasonal abundance of 25 sandfly species (1 of the Brumptomyia genus and 24 of the Lutzomyia genus) found at P1V5, municipal district of Buriticupu, Maranhão State, is discussed. The capture was carried out from 18:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M., once a month, from January to December 1996. CDC light traps were set up in the forest, in the peri and intradomicile environments. Five species were only found in the rainy season (January to June), being represented by one or two individuals; eight species occurred only in the dry season (July to December) and eleven species appeared in both seasons. The most frequent species in the dry period were: L. whitmani (26.3%), L. serrana (23%), L. choti (22.8%), L. evandroi (7.5%), L. longipalpis (5.8%), L. termitophila (3.3%), L. shannoni (3%) and L. migonei (2.5%). In the rainy season, L. whitmani was the prevailing species (74%), followed by L. termitophila (4%), L. umbratilis (3.4%), L. serrana (2.8%), L. evandroi (2,8%) and L. claustrei (2.4%). L. whitmani was thought to be an annual species, occurring in the entire year of study. The others species, with exception to L. serrana and L. evandroi, showed a seasonal, punctual or peripheric pattern.

Diet, Prey Selection and Foraging Behaviour of the Orange Horseshoe-Bat, Rhinonycteris Aurantius.

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
SK Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Foraging Behaviour ◽  
Niche Breadth ◽  
Prey Selection ◽  
Seasonal Abundance ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Timing Of Reproduction ◽  
Dietary Preferences ◽  
Faecal Analysis ◽  
Horseshoe Bat ◽  
Selection Of

Results of faecal analysis were compared with insect captures in light traps to examine the dietary preferences of R. aurantius in the Northern Territory, Australia. Relative proportions of insects eaten differed significantly from insects available. R. aurantius exhibited a medium niche breadth throughout the year, being neither a specialist not a generalist. It selectively foraged on Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, and was opportunistic in regard to seasonal abundances of Isoptera. This bat had dietary preferences similar to other members of the Hipposideridae. The timing of reproduction and selection of roost sites was related to the seasonal abundance of food resources.

Synthetic Co-Attractants of the Aggregation Pheromone of the Date Palm Root Borer Oryctes agamemnon

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 631-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narjes Hasni ◽  
Centina Pinier ◽  
Cheraief Imed ◽  
Monêem Ouhichi ◽  
Philippe Couzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aggregation Pheromone ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Oryctes Agamemnon

scholarly journals USING Rhabditis blumi SUDHAUS AS BIOLOGICAL AGENTS TO CONTROL THE PALP BORER, ARABIAN RHINOCEROS BEETLE, Oryctes agamemnon arabicus

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 657-664
Author(s):  
A. M. Tariq
Keyword(s):  
Entomopathogenic Nematodes ◽  
Date Palm ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Biocontrol Agent ◽  
Palm Tree ◽  
Fresh Tissue ◽  
Rhinoceros Beetle ◽  
Palm Trees ◽  
Oryctes Agamemnon ◽  
Second Year

This study was aimed to use pathogenicity of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN) Rhabditis blumi Sudhaus (Nematoda: Rhabditida) against palm borer Arabian Rhinoceros Beetle (ARB), Oryctes agamemnon arabicus was evaluated in the lab. And date palm orchards during 2015 - 2017. In the lab tests, EPN was used against the larvae and adults as a direct spray and as treated food (pieces of fresh tissue of the frond bases) at a rate of 0, 500, 1000, 1500 Infective Juveniles (IJs) per mL of R. blumi. Results indicated that EPN caused 89%, 61% and 25%, 20% mortality when used as a direct spray and as treated food on larvae and adults of ARB, respectively. Results of field experiments showed that injection of 50 mL per palm tree with a concentration of 1500 IJs/mL of R. blumi inflected about 45.5% mortality in ARB larvae infesting the tree. Meanwhile, the Population density of ARB larvae reduced to 45.8%, 59.6% during the first and second year of treated date palm trees by injection method respectively. The results of this investigation illustrate the possibility of using EPN R. blumi as a biocontrol agent for managing borers in date palm orchards under field conditions.

Migrating moths (Lepidoptera) collected in tower-mounted light traps in northern New South Wales, Australia: species composition and seasonal abundance

1993 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Gregg ◽  
G. P. Fitt ◽  
M. Coombs ◽  
G. S. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Common Species ◽  
Seasonal Abundance ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
Trapping Period ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Local Breeding ◽  
Noctuid Species

AbstractLight traps were operated between September and April for five years on towers on mountain tops at two locations in northern New South Wales, Australia. The traps were designed so that their lights could only be seen from above, and therefore only insects engaged in high altitude flight, presumed to be migrants, were captured. The catch consisted mostly of Noctuidae and Sphingidae. Sweep netting failed to reveal local breeding, and for many species there were few host plants close to the traps. A total of 51,580 moths were trapped at Point Lookout and 10,223 at Mt Dowe. Sphingids, mostly Hippotion scrofa (Boisduval), comprised 26.9% of the catch at Point Lookout, but only 2.6% at Mt Dowe, and there were more species of noctuids at Point Lookout (44) than at Mt Dowe (15). The most common noctuid species were Agrotis infusa (Boisduval), Mythimna convecta (Walker), Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren), H. armigera (Hübner), Dasygaster nephelistis Hampson and A. munda Walker. Known or suspected migrants comprised 94.6% of the catch at Point Lookout and 99.9% at Mt Dowe. However, there were at least 24 species not previously suspected as migrants. The seasonal distribution of catches varied between sites and years. Some species showed peaks in both spring and autumn in some years, but only in spring in other years. Many of the less common species were caught only in summer and autumn. Large catches were usually obtained overs short periods (1–2 nights), separated by long periods when catches were very low. These large catches, which were thought to represent major migrations, accounted for 76% of the catch in 3% of the trapping period at Point Lookout, and 87% of the catch in 2% of the trapping period at Mt Dowe.

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