Relative Attraction of Color Traps and Plant Extracts to the False Chinch Bug Nysius raphanus and Its Parasitoid, Phasia occidentis, on Brassica Crops in Colorado

• Published in: Phytoparasitica Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 197 - 203
• Main Authors: Demirel, N, Cranshaw, W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Brassica; Brassicaceae; Diptera; Hemiptera; Lygaeidae; Nysius raphanus; Tachinidae

The false chinch bug (FCB), Nysius raphanus (Howard) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), is one of the most significant pests on Brassicaceae plants. Different colored traps and cups with plant extracts were tested to study attraction to FCB and its tachinid parasitoid, Phasia occidentis (Walker) (Diptera: Tach...