Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2012) 142, 27-35

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Miklós Tóth, Peter Landolt, István Szarukán, Imre Szólláth, Imre Vitányi, Béla Pénzes, Katalin Hári, Júlia Katalin Jósvai and Sándor Koczor (2012)
Female-targeted attractant containing pear ester for Synanthedon myopaeformis
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 142 (1), 27-35
Abstract: When testing pear ester (ethyl-2,4-decadienoate) + acetic acid (PEAA) lures to catch codling moths, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), in Hungary, significant catches of the apple clearwing moth, Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), were also recorded. This sesiid is one of the most important pests of apple in Europe. Pear ester plus acetic acid lures were attractive to S. myopaeformis no matter whether the two compounds were provided in separate dispensers or mixed together in a single dispenser, and a large percentage (40-80%) of the clearwing moths caught were females. In all cases, traps baited with binary combinations of PEAA caught far more than traps baited with either of the compounds presented alone. Traps with PEAA lures in some tests caught (females and males together) up to ca. 20% of the catch in traps baited with the synthetic apple clearwing moth sex attractant (all males). Consequently, the PEAA lure shows potential for future practical applications as a female-targeted lure. To our knowledge, this is the first report of attractiveness of a lure containing pear ester for non-tortricid Lepidoptera. Our finding suggests that the compound may be exploited as a host location stimulus by a wider array of insects than was indicated previously.
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Database assignments for author(s): Miklós Tóth, Sándor Koczor, Peter J. Landolt

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Synanthedon myopaeformis Apple (Malus) Hungary
Cydia pomonella Apple (Malus) Hungary
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