Field evaluations of pheromone-baited traps for monitoring Mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

The Universal Moth Trap (Unitrap) caught more male Mexican rice borers, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar), than 13 other trap types. Traps placed 5 m within sugarcane fields captured significantly more male Mexican rice borers than traps at the edge of the field or 5 m outside the field. Traps at the edge of t...

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Published inJournal of economic entomology Vol. 84; no. 4; pp. 1216 - 1219
Main Authors Shaver, T.N, Brown, H.E, Bard, J.W, Holler, T.C, Hendricks, D.E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.1991
Subjects
crop losses
Eoreuma loftini
incidence
monitoring
pheromone traps
Saccharum officinarum
sex pheromones
trapping
Texas
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Summary:The Universal Moth Trap (Unitrap) caught more male Mexican rice borers, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar), than 13 other trap types. Traps placed 5 m within sugarcane fields captured significantly more male Mexican rice borers than traps at the edge of the field or 5 m outside the field. Traps at the edge of the field captured significantly more insects than traps placed 5 m outside the field. There were no significant differences in trap captures when Unitraps were placed 5 m inside the field at heights of 46, 102, or 158 cm aboveground, but captures were less in traps placed 214 cm aboveground. With Pherocon IC traps placed 5 m inside the field, there were no significant differences in trap captures of male Mexican rice borers at any of the four heights.
ISSN:0022-0493
1938-291X
DOI:10.1093/jee/84.4.1216