Title: | Seasonal Flight Patterns of Chrysodeixis includens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Florida Panhandle and Inventory of Plusiine Species Cross-Attracted to Synthetic Pheromone |
Author(s): | Shaw TJ; Paula-Moraes SV; Hahn PG; Specht A; |
Address: | "Entomology and Nematology Department, West Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 4253 Experiment Drive, Hwy 182, Jay, FL, USA. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, 2109 Steinmetz Hall, Building 970 Natural Area Dr., Gainesville, FL, USA. Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, 73310-970, DF, Brazil" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1938-291X (Electronic) 0022-0493 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Chysodeixis includens (Walker) is a polyphagous economic pest in agricultural landscapes. To detect the occurrence of this pest in the field, trapping using sex pheromone lures is often implemented. However, other plusiine species are cross-attracted to these lures and may be misidentified as C. includens due to their morphological similarities. The objectives of this study were to provide region-specific information on the abundance of C. includens throughout the year as well as document the occurrence of related plusiines cross-attracted to C. includens sex pheromone traps in the Florida Panhandle. Twelve commercial fields of peanut and twelve commercial fields of cotton located across Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Jackson counties were monitored with Trece delta traps baited with C. includens sex pheromone lures (Alpha Scents, Inc.; West Linn, OR) from June 2017 to June 2019. There was no difference in C. includens flight across dryland or irrigated fields. Identifications revealed that in addition to C. includens, the following species of the subfamily Plusiinae were crossed-attracted: Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Trichoplusia ni (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Ctenoplusia oxygramma (Geyer) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and Rachiplusia ou (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The occurrence of each species in the region and their flight phenology are documented. Chysodeixis includens abundance was greatest in September and decreased through December. Due to the high abundance of C. oxygramma and similar flight phenology to C. includens, this is the likeliest species to skew estimations and influence management decisions of C. includens, especially early in the crop season, when C. includens abundance is low" |
Keywords: | Animals Florida *Lepidoptera *Moths Pheromones/pharmacology Seasons Soybeans cross-attraction pheromone trap population monitoring soybean looper; |
Notes: | "MedlineShaw, T J Paula-Moraes, S V Hahn, P G Specht, A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2021/10/02 J Econ Entomol. 2021 Dec 6; 114(6):2315-2325. doi: 10.1093/jee/toab179" |