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Identification of the sex pheromone of the dogwood borer, Synanthedon scitula Harris (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)

Tracy C. Leskey, tleskey@afrs.ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, 2217 Wiltshire Road, Kearneysville, WV, J. Christopher Bergh, cbergh@vt.edu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Entomology, Alson H. Smith, Jr. AREC, 595 Laurel Grover Road, Winchester, VA, Aijun Zhang, zhanga@ba.ars.usda.gov, USDA-ARS-Plant Science Institute, Chemicals Affecting Insect Behavior Laboratory, B007, Room 312, BARC-West 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD, and James F. Walgenbach, Jim_Walgenbach@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, 455 Research Drive, Fletcher, NC.

We identified the female-produced sex pheromone of the dogwood borer, Synanthedon scitula Harris (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), an important wood-boring pest in eastern apple orchards. Experimental lures formulated with synthetic pheromone blends were compared with commercially available lures in commercial apple orchards located in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. Flight traps baited with experimental lures outperformed those baited with commercial lures, capturing significantly more male moths in all locations. The identification of this pheromone opens the door for development of effective monitoring tools as well as behaviorally based management strategies such as mating disruption or attract and kill technologies.


Species 1: Lepidoptera Sesiidae Synanthedon scitula (dogwood borer)
Keywords: pheromone, monitoring

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