| Title: | Evaluation of Mating Disruption For the Control of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) in Suburban Recreational Areas in Italy and Greece |
| Author(s): | Trematerra P; Colacci M; Athanassiou CG; Kavallieratos NG; Rumbos CI; Boukouvala MC; Nikolaidou AJ; Kontodimas DC; Benavent-Fernandez E; Galvez-Settier S; |
| Address: | "Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via De Sanctis, Campobasso, Italy. Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, University of Thessaly, Nea Ionia, Magnissia, Greece. Department of Crop Science, Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Attica, Greece. Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifissia, Attica, Greece. Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Panepistimioupolis, Ioannina, Greece. AIMPLAS, Plastics Technology Centre, Valencia Parc Tecnologic, Gustave Eiffel, Paterna, Valencia, Spain. General University Hospital Research Foundation, University General Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1938-291X (Electronic) 0022-0493 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis and Schiffermuller) is a severe defoliator of various species of Pinus and Cedrus, while the urticanting hairs produced by its larvae cause public health problems for humans and pets. In the present study, we report results of trials (from summer 2015 until winter 2017) of mating disruption for management of T. pityocampa in different areas of Italy and Greece. Overall, the total number of male moths captured in mating disruption-treated plots over each season (70) was significantly lower than the respective number in untreated plots (780). The total number of winter nests was likewise significantly less in the mating disruption plots (13) compared with control plots (147). Our results indicate that mating disruption can be an important tool for judicious, insecticide-free control of T. pityocampa in urban, suburban, and recreational areas, where many alternative control measures are not available" |
| Keywords: | Animals Greece Humans *Insecticides Italy Larva Male *Moths Thaumetopoea pityocampa Mating disruption pheromones pines recreational areas; |
| Notes: | "MedlineTrematerra, Pasquale Colacci, Marco Athanassiou, Christos G Kavallieratos, Nickolas G Rumbos, Christos I Boukouvala, Maria C Nikolaidou, Anastassia J Kontodimas, Demetrius C Benavent-Fernandez, Enrique Galvez-Settier, Santiago eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2019/06/20 J Econ Entomol. 2019 Sep 23; 112(5):2229-2235. doi: 10.1093/jee/toz129" |
