Tuesday, 19 November 2002
D0350

This presentation is part of : Display Presentations, Subsection Cd. Behavior and Ecology

Initial development of attract and kill technology against the Oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Maya Evenden1, Adriane Orsatti1, and John McLaughlin2. (1) West Chester University, Department of Biology, Schmucker Science Building South, West Chester, PA, (2) IPM Tech Inc, 840 Main Campus Dr., #3590, Raleigh, NC

Field and wind tunnel experiments were conducted to determine the attractiveness of the attract and kill formulation, LastCallTM OFM, to male Oriental fruit moths. Traps placed in apple orchards in SE Pennsylvania were baited with LastCallTM OFM droplets consisting of one of three pheromone doses (0.016, 0.16, 1.6%) with or without 6% permethrin, for a total of six treatments. Incorporation of permethrin in the formulation did not influence moth capture. Pheromone dose had a significant effect on male moth attraction and few moths were captured in traps baited with droplets containing 1.6% pheromone. Therefore, wind tunnel studies focussed on formulations containing the two lowest pheromone doses. Attraction and mortality of male Oriental fruit moth exposed to LastCallTM OFM in the laboratory will also be discussed.

Species 1: Lepidoptera Tortricidae Grapholita molesta (Oriental fruit moth)
Keywords: pheromone, attract and kill

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