Environmental Entomology (1988) 17, 764-769

J.S. Elkinton and R.T. Cardé (1988)
Effects of intertrap distance and wind direction on the interaction of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) pheromone-baited traps
Environmental Entomology 17 (5), 764-769
Abstract: More male gypsy moths, Lymantria dispar L., were captured in traps at the perimeter compared with traps at the center of a 6-x-6 grid of pheromone traps spaced every 80 m. Additional tests demonstrated suppression of catch at the center of hexagonal arrays of traps with intertrap distances ranging from, 2.5 to 40 m. In a hexagonal array of traps spaced every 20 m and monitored every 1-3 h, more males were captured in upwind and downwind traps than in crosswind or central traps.
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Database assignments for author(s): Ring T. Cardé

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Lymantria dispar