The Use of Pheromone Traps to Monitor Distribution and Population Trends of the Gypsy Moth

Predicting Regional Gypsy Moth (Lymantriidae) Population Trends in an Expanding Population Using Pheromone Trap Catch and Spatial Analysis

Environmental Entomology ◽

10.1093/ee/19.2.370 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 370-377 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Stuart H. Gage ◽

Timothy M. Wirth ◽

Gary A. Simmons

Keyword(s):

Spatial Analysis ◽

Gypsy Moth ◽

Pheromone Trap ◽

Population Trends ◽

Trap Catch ◽

Expanding Population

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Pheromone Traps for the Japanese Gypsy Moth (Lymantridae: Lepidoptera): Trap Design and the Amount of Synthetic Pheromone Loaded onto a Lure

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology ◽

10.1303/jjaez.2015.191 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 59 (4) ◽

pp. 191-194

Author(s):

Hiroyuki Minegishi ◽

Yutaka Hironaka ◽

Ken-ichi Ozaki ◽

Kensuke Onodera ◽

Akihiro Ohashi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gypsy Moth ◽

Pheromone Traps ◽

Trap Design ◽

Synthetic Pheromone

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The absolute efficiency of gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), milk-carton pheromone traps

Bulletin of Entomological Research ◽

10.1017/s0007485300053311 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 81 (1) ◽

pp. 111-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

R. A. J. Taylor ◽

M. L. McManus ◽

C. W. Pitts

Keyword(s):

Gypsy Moth ◽

Lymantria Dispar ◽

Pheromone Trap ◽

Pheromone Traps ◽

Density Dependent ◽

Gypsy Moths ◽

Absolute Efficiency ◽

Suction Traps ◽

Basic Biology ◽

The Absolute

AbstractCatches by gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus)) ‘milk-carton’ pheromone traps with (+)-disparlure were compared with estimates of the absolute aerial density of gypsy moths obtained using a suction trap of known absolute sampling efficiency. The mean number of male L. dispar caught per pheromone trap per day was found to be proportional to the 2/3 power of the suction trap's estimate of aerial density. We infer that the efficiency of the gypsy moth milk-carton pheromone trap is density-dependent, declining as aerial density increases. The significance of the density-dependent efficiency and the mode of action of attractant traps are discussed, and the problems of designing and building suction traps to standardize pheromone traps for other species are also considered. It is concluded that standardization is only possible when some basic biology is known because pheromone trap parameters are specific to the field behaviour of the species.

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Baited pheromone traps track changes in populations of western blackheaded budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/n10-033 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 142 (5) ◽

pp. 458-465 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

V.G. Nealis ◽

P. Silk ◽

R. Turnquist ◽

J. Wu

Keyword(s):

British Columbia ◽

Sex Pheromones ◽

Population Trends ◽

Pheromone Traps ◽

Strongly Correlated ◽

Qualitative Similarity

AbstractPheromone lures for eastern and western blackheaded budworms, Acleris variana (Fernald) and A. gloverana (Walsingham), were synthesized and deployed in traps at locations with decreasing and increasing populations of western blackheaded budworms in British Columbia, Canada. Traps baited with these lures caught comparable numbers of moths at all sites tested in each year. The lures were sensitive to changes in density of budworm populations below observable damage levels, and numbers of moths in traps were strongly correlated with independent estimates of egg densities in the same year. The results confirm the qualitative similarity of the sex pheromones in eastern and western species of blackheaded budworm and demonstrate their utility as a tool for monitoring population trends, including increases in populations to damaging levels.

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