Wednesday, 17 November 2004
D0449

A survey of weevils in Quebec vineyards

Patrice Bouchard, bouchardpb@agr.gc.ca1, Laurent Lesage, lesagel@agr.gc.ca1, Henri Goulet, gouleth@agr.gc.ca1, Noubar J. Bostanian, bostaniannj@agr.gc.ca2, Charles Vincent, vincentch@agr.gc.ca2, Alicia Zmudzinska1, and Jacques Lasnier, colab@qc.aira.com3. (1) ECORC-Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (2) Horticultural Research and Development Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 430 Gouin Blvd, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada, (3) Co-Lab R&D Inc, 655 Delorme, Granby, QC, Canada

The wine-making region of southern Quebec (Canada) experiences growing conditions that are unique in northeastern North America. Following an outbreak of insect pests (Altica chalybea Illiger and A. woodsi Isely) in 1996, a survey of several insect groups that may include potential pests or beneficial species was initiated. This poster reports on the weevil diversity and abundance collected using pitfall and flight intercept traps during three consecutive years of sampling (1997-1999) in two vineyards. A total of 3,176 specimens were collected representing 73 species in three families of Curculionoidea. The family Curculionidae was the most species-rich, especially in the subfamilies Ceutorhynchinae, Curculioninae and Entiminae. A significant number of weevils (42% of species and 74% of specimens collected during this study) are adventive in North America. Four of the species recorded are known to feed on the genus Vitis (Vitaceae) in North America (Madarellus undulatus (Say), Barypeithes pellucidus (Boheman), Otiorhynchus ovatus (L.) and O. sulcatus (F.)). Of these, O. sulcatus is thought to represent the greatest potential threat based on adult abundance at one of the sites and the negative impact of this species in other wine-making regions in North America. Four species are recorded in Quebec for the first time.


Species 1: Coleoptera Curculionidae Altica chalybea
Species 2: Coleoptera Curculionidae Altica woodsi
Species 3: Coleoptera Curculionidae Madarellus undulatus
Keywords: insect biodiversity, vineyards

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