| Title: | Field screening for attractants of scarab (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) pests in Hungary. |
| Authors: | Toth, M.
Klein, M.G.
Imrei, Z.
USDA, ARS |
| Source: | Acta phytopathologica et entomologica hungarica. 2003 Dec. 1, v. 38, no. 3-4, p. 323-331. |
| NALT Subjects: | Scarabaeidae
phytophagous insects
insect pests
insect attractants
baits
insect traps
trapping
field experimentation
Hungary |
| Other Subjects: | Oxythyrea funesta
Cetonia aurata
Epicometris (Tropinota) hirta
Valgus hemipterus
Potosia cuprea |
| Issue Date: | 1-Dec-2003 |
| Abstract: | In field screening tests conducted on selected pest scarabaeids in Hungary, Epicometis (Tropinota) hirta (subfamily Cetoniinae) was attracted to traps baited with either cinnamyl alcohol or trans-anethol. In some tests attraction was also detected to phenethyl alcohol or cinnamyl acetate. In other tests, adults of Cetonia aurata aurata and Oxythyrea funesta (subfamily Cetoniinae) also were attracted to trans-anethol, while the ternary mixture of phenethyl propionate, eugenol and geraniol attracted Potosia cuprea (subfamily Cetoniinae). Some attraction of Valgus hemipterus (subfamily Valginae) to cinnamyl alcohol also was observed. All of the above species are pests of more or less economic importance in Hungary. The attractant chemicals discovered in the present study will form a starting point for the development of effective attractants for the respective pest scarab species. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10113/16309 |
| Appears in Collections: | USDA Research and Information
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