Mass-trapping, mating-disruption and attracticide methods for managing stored-product insects: success stories and research needs

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Stored Product Insects ◽  
Success Stories

Evaluation of Mass Trapping and Mating Disruption for Managing Prionus californicus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Hop Production Yards

2011 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 933-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elin C. Maki ◽  
Jocelyn G. Millar ◽  
Joshua Rodstein ◽  
Lawrence M. Hanks ◽  
James D. Barbour
Keyword(s):  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Mass Trapping

scholarly journals Multiple Mating in the Citrophilous Mealybug Pseudococcus calceolariae: Implications for Mating Disruption

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Ricciardi ◽  
Andrea Lucchi ◽  
Giovanni Benelli ◽  
David Maxwell Suckling
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Flight Tunnel ◽  
Mate Location ◽  
Planococcus Citri ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Pseudococcus Calceolariae ◽  
Rubber Septa ◽  
Extended Duration

The citrophilous mealybug Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell) (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) is a primary pest of various crops, including grapevines. The use of insecticides against this species is difficult in most cases because its life cycle includes an extended duration of eggs, juveniles, and adults under the bark and on the roots. Pheromone-based control strategies can present new eco-friendly opportunities to manage this species, as in the case of Planococcus ficus (Signoret) and Planococcus citri (Risso). With this aim it is critical to understand behavioral aspects that may influence pheromone-based control strategies. Herein, the capability of males to fertilize multiple females was investigated, trying to understand whether this behavior could negatively impact the efficacy of mass trapping, mating disruption, or the lure and kill technique. Results showed that a P. calceolariae male can successfully mate and fertilize up to 13 females. The copulation time in subsequent mating events and the time between copulations did not change over time but the number of matings per day significantly decreased. In a further experiment, we investigated the mate location strategy of P. calceolariae males, testing the attractiveness of different loadings of sex pheromone on males in a flight tunnel. Males constantly exposed to 16 rubber septa loaded with the sex pheromone showed a significant decrease in female detection at 1 and 30 μg loadings (0.18 and 0.74 visits per female for each visit per septum, respectively), whereas in the control about 9.2-fold more of the released males successfully detected the female in the center of the array of 16 septa without pheromone. Male location of females in the control (45%) was significantly higher than in the arrays with surrounding pheromone (5% and 20% at 1 and 30 μg loadings, respectively). Mating only occurred in the control arrays (45%). This study represents a useful first step to developing pheromone-based strategies for the control of citrophilous mealybugs.

scholarly journals Mating Disruption or Mass Trapping, Compared With Chemical Insecticides, for Suppression of Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Northeastern China

2014 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 1828-1838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ri-Zhao Chen ◽  
Michael G. Klein ◽  
Cheng-Fa Sheng ◽  
Qi-Yun Li ◽  
Yu Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Northeastern China ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Chilo Suppressalis

Comparison of mating disruption and mass trapping with Pyralidae and Sesiidae moths

2010 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luís A.F. Teixeira ◽  
James R. Miller ◽  
David L. Epstein ◽  
Larry J. Gut
Keyword(s):  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Mass Trapping

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Efficacy of Sex Pheromones and Food Attractants Used to Monitor and Control Synanthedon Myopaeformis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1575-1581 ◽  
Author(s):  
František Kocourek ◽  
Jitka Stará
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Apple Juice ◽  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Flight Activity ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Apple Orchards ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Food Attractants ◽  
Tree Injury ◽  
And Control

Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) is a prominent pest of commercial apple orchards in Europe. the sex pheromones of S. myopaeformis and food attractants based on apple juice, beer and red wine were evaluated as tools for monitoring and control the populations of S. myopaeformis in apple orchards in the Czech Republic. For monitoring S. myopaeformis flight activity, trap designs were also evaluated, and the results indicated that wing traps were more suitable than delta traps because of their high efficacy even at low population densities of S. myopaeformis. The flight activity patterns of S. myopaeformis showed high intrapopulation variability and variability between years. The use of pheromones as a mating disruption technique led to a decrease of tree injury in comparison to untreated controls during the three years of the experiment. The reduction of the number of S. myopaeformis larvae per tree on a 14-ha plot treated subjected to the mating disruption technique reached 56 % in the third year of the experiment. In the three-year experiment using food attractants for the mass trapping of S. myopaeformis, catches of S. myopaeformis in traps using a combination of beer and apple juice (50:50) at a density of 4 traps/ha on a 4-ha plot increased more than 4-fold.

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Management by Pheromones of Thaumetopoea Moths in Urban Parks and Woodland Recreational Areas

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 395
Author(s):  
Pasquale Trematerra ◽  
Marco Colacci
Keyword(s):  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Pine Forests ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Pine Processionary Moth ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
New Research ◽  
Insecticide Sprays

Caterpillars of the pine processionary moths, Thaumetopoea complex, cause serious defoliation to Cedrus, Pinus, and Pseudotsuga trees. Thaumetopoea caterpillars also have fine hairs on their abdominal tergites that contain a protein that can severely irritate and cause dermatitis in humans and domestic animals. The control of the T. pityocampa pine processionary moth has become necessary in many European countries because of the sanitary risks that are related to larval urtication and the defoliation threat to pine forests and plantations. New research activities have been aimed at the development of eco-friendly, innovative technologies for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of these moths, particularly in urban parks and woodland recreational areas. This paper describes the recent advances in the use of pheromones in monitoring, mass trapping, and mating disruption related to management of processionary moths T. hellenica and T. pityocampa. According to the results, the use of pheromones may provide a practical alternative to insecticide sprays, as they can be safe and simple as compared to other control methods.

Development of kairomone-based lures and traps targeting Spilonota ocellana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in apple orchards treated with sex pheromones

2017 ◽  
Vol 149 (5) ◽  
pp. 662-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary J.R. Judd ◽  
Alan. L. Knight ◽  
Ashraf M. El-Sayed
Keyword(s):  
Acetic Acid ◽  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
Mass Trapping ◽  
Apple Orchards ◽  
Organic Mass ◽  
Certified Organic ◽  
Release Devices

AbstractSpilonota ocellana (Denis and Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) can be a serious pest of organic apples (Malus domestica Borkhausen (Rosaceae)) in British Columbia, Canada. Recent discovery that S. ocellana moths are attracted by a lure combining acetic acid (AA) and benzyl nitrile (BN), identified as a caterpillar-induced apple leaf volatile, provides an opportunity to develop bisexual mass-trapping or monitoring systems. Sticky white delta traps baited with benzyl nitrile (10 mg/red rubber septum) and an acetic-acid co-lure (3 mL AA/3-mm open 8-mL vial) caught significantly more moths than either component alone. Acetic-acid co-lures were weakly attractive but benzyl-nitrile-loaded septa were not attractive. Moth catches with AA+BN lures were unaffected by the size and type of rubber septum used to release benzyl nitrile, but catches increased with increasing loads of benzyl nitrile. Male and total moth catches were maximised using membrane release devices loaded with a mixture of benzyl nitrile and a second caterpillar-induced volatile, 2-phenylethanol (PET), in combination with an acetic-acid co-lure (AA+BN-PET). Female catches with AA+BN-PET and AA+BN lures were equivalent. Placing AA+BN lures in traps baited with female sex pheromone lures reduced male catches, but female catches were unchanged. When sticky liners were replaced weekly, white delta traps baited with AA+BN lures caught more moths than similarly baited white Multipher®-I bucket traps, or transparent UnitrapsTM. Multipher-I traps with a propylene glycol killing agent (250 mL) caught more moths than those with Vapona insecticide strips. In apple orchards treated with mating disruption sex pheromones, traps baited with AA+BN caught slightly more total moths than traps baited with sex pheromone. Weekly, total male+female moth catches with either AA+BN or sex pheromone lures showed similar seasonal patterns in both untreated and pheromone-disrupted orchards, respectively. Long-lasting release devices and an organic killing agent are needed to develop certified organic mass-trapping technologies for management of S. ocellana with the AA+BN kairomone.

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