EVALUATION OF TRAP COLOR AND HEIGHT PLACEMENT FOR MONITORING CIRCULIFER TENELLUS (BAKER) (HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE)
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist
- Vol. 117 (4) , 505-511
- https://doi.org/10.4039/ent117505-4
Abstract
The beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Baker), was found to be significantly attracted to the color yellow. Yellow, opaque plastic cards coated with a sticky substance were shown to be an effective survey tool for monitoring adult beet leafhopper. Traps with different hues of yellow (wavelengths of 510 and 588 nm) showed no significant differences between trap catches. The commonest flight strata at a host site was at ground level, where significantly higher numbers of adults were trapped than at heights of 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.5, 2.1, and 2.7 m above the ground. The ground level is the optimum location for a yellow sticky trap when monitoring C. tenellus.Keywords
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