Environmental Entomology (1983) 12, 844-847

H.R. Gross Jr., J.E. Carpenter and A.N. Sparks (1983)
Visual acuity of Heliothis zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) males as a factor influencing the efficiency of pheromone traps
Environmental Entomology 12 (3), 844-847
Abstract: Although the Heliothis zea (Boddie) sex pheromone serves as the primary mediator by which males locate calling females of the species, visual stimuli critically influence the capture of males in pheromone traps. Capture of H. zea males in electrocutor grid traps and Pherocon-1C sticky traps baited with the H. zea sex pheromone was significantly increased by the attachment of decoy (dead) H. zea females to the trap. EG traps baited with the H. zea sex pheromone and decoy H. zea females caught significantly more H. zea males than did traps containing the pheromone and decoy H. zea males, decoy Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) females, or mock moths fashioned from polyurethane foam.
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Database assignments for author(s): Alton N. Sparks, James E. Carpenter

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Helicoverpa zea		U.S.A. (SE)