Florida Entomologist (1998) 81, 556-559

R.L. Meagher Jr. and E.R. Mitchell (1998)
Phenylacetaldehyde enhances upwind flight of male fall armyworm (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) to its sex pheromone
Florida Entomologist 81 (4), 556-559
Abstract: More male fall armyworms, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), flew upwind to combinations of pheromone-treated septa and phenylacetaldehyde than to pheromone- treated septa alone in flight tunnel bioassays. No moths flew upwind to phenylacetaldehyde alone at the dose tested. This compound may increase pheromone-baited trap captures in the field, thereby improving current uses of pheromones and potentially creating new lure and toxicant systems for management of this pest.
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Database assignments for author(s): Robert L. Meagher

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.
	Spodoptera frugiperda