Journal of Insect Behavior (2007) 20, 99-115

Rizana M. Mahroof and Thomas W. Phillips (2007)
Orientation of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) to plant-derived volatiles
Journal of Insect Behavior 20 (1), 99-115
Abstract: Experiments were conducted to study the orientation of adult cigarette beetles, Lasioderma serricorne (F.), to plant volatiles in a walking bioassay. Seven out of sixteen test materials that displayed attractive responses were further studied for (1) responses to whole extracts from three types of solvents and (2) the effects of sex and mating status of L. serricorne on responses to plant volatiles. Bioassays with extracts revealed that responses of L. serricorne varied among the type of solvent extract. Volatiles from different Capsicum products attracted significantly more adult beetles than did volatiles from other materials. When virgin males, virgin females and mated females were bioassayed, mated females responded significantly more than the other groups to plant volatiles. Semiochemical-based pest management methods may be developed for L. serricorne with plant volatile-based attractants that may be identified and used alone or combined with a synthetic sex pheromone to manipulate beetle behavior.
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Database assignments for author(s): Rizana M. Mahroof, Thomas W. Phillips

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Lasioderma serricorne