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Development of a monitoring trap for the olive fly, Dacus oleae (Gmelin) (Diptera: Tephritidae), using a component of its sex pheromone as lure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

O. T. Jones ,
J. C. Lisk ,
C. Longhurst ,
P. E. Howse ,
P Ramos  and
M. Campos
O. T. Jones
Affiliation:
Chemical Entomology Unit, The University, Southampton, UK.
J. C. Lisk
Affiliation:
Chemical Entomology Unit, The University, Southampton, UK.
C. Longhurst
Affiliation:
Chemical Entomology Unit, The University, Southampton, UK.
P. E. Howse
Affiliation:
Chemical Entomology Unit, The University, Southampton, UK.
P Ramos
Affiliation:
Estaciòn Experimental del Zaidin, Granada, Spain
M. Campos
Affiliation:
Estaciòn Experimental del Zaidin, Granada, Spain
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Abstract

A major component of the sex pheromone of Dacus oleae (Gmel.) has recently been identified as a spiroacetal. The use of this compound as a lure for use in the development of a monitoring trap for that species is described. Polyethylene vials gave a slower release rate of the spiroacetal than rubber septa or microfibres, but even in polyethylene vials a loading in excess of 10 mg was required (optimum 20 to 25 mg) to obtain catches in delta traps which were comparable with those in unbaited vertical yellow sticky traps. In studies in an olive grove near Granada, Spain, a 25-mg spiroacetal lure used with a vertical yellow trap gave catches of males of D. oleae which were four times as great as those in delta traps with the same lure or in unbaited yellow traps. The height of the trap had no apparent effect on catch. Previously recorded components of the sex pheromone did not prove to be effective when combined with the spiroacetal. Combined monitoring of Prays oleae (Bern.) and D. oleae, using their respective pheromones in the same trap, appears to be feasible with delta traps.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 73 , Issue 1 , March 1983 , pp. 97 - 106
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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