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Field Screening for Attractants of Scarab (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Pests in Hungary

Year: 2003

Type: article

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.

Source: Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica

DOI: 10.1556/aphyt.38.2003.3-4.12

Authors: M. Tóth, M. G. Klein, Z. Imrei

Institutions: Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Language: English

Topic: Insect Pheromone Research and Control

Subfield: Insect Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia