Compatibility of Virelure and Looplure Dispensed from Traps for Cabbage Looper 1 and Tobaccoy Budworm 1 Survey 2
- 1 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 6 (4) , 556-558
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/6.4.556
Abstract
Looplure (( Z )-7-dodecenyl acetate) and virelure (a 16:1 mixture of ( Z )-11-hexadecenal and ( Z )-9-tetradecenal) were combined as lures in insect survey traps to attract loopers, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) and Pseudoplusia includens (Walker), and tobacco budworms, Heliothis virescens (F.). Each lure was formulated in separate dispensers; ca. 20 mg/trap were used in field tests and 10 mg/trap were used in field cage bioassays. Cigarette filters and laminated plastic dispensers were tested in electric grid traps. Numbers of male loopers or tobacco budworms caught in traps baited with a combination of the 2 lures were not significantly different from numbers of each species caught in traps baited with their respective lure. Apparently, no pheromonal communications between male loopers and male budworms occurred when moths were captured alive in traps baited with both synthetic lures.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Captures of Male Cabbage Loopers and Pink Bollworms: Effect of Trap Design and Pheromone1234Journal of Economic Entomology, 1976