Florida Entomologist (2014) 97, 291-294

Craig P. Keathley and Stephen L. Lapointe (2014)
Movement of Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from a grove to traps and sentinel plants in adjacent land
Florida Entomologist 97 (1), 291-294
Abstract: Male Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) were captured in pheromone- baited traps in pastureland 1.2 km west of an infested citrus grove. Capture of males was correlated with northeast wind blowing from the groves, which suggests males were transported passively on wind currents from groves before orienting to pheromone traps. Female P. citrella located and oviposited on 75% of sentinel citrus plants placed 1.2 km west of the groves by 6 weeks. Movement of this species as far as 1.2 km suggests that groves treated with pheromone components for mating disruption will be vulnerable to damage caused by mated females arriving from neighboring groves within 1.2 km. Treated groves may be particularly susceptible to influx of moths carried on wind.
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Database assignments for author(s): Stephen L. Lapointe

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
population dynamics/ epidemiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phyllocnistis citrella	Citrus (genus)	U.S.A. (SE)