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Non-target Gelechiidae and Noctuidae attraction to Aroga trialbamaculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) pheromone-based trapping systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2013

Jillian A. Kelly
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6
Trevor S. Avery
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6
Donald T. Stewart
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6
Christopher G. Cutler
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, PO Box 550, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Sonia O. Gaul
Affiliation:
Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre, Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada, 32 Main Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4N 1J5
Kenna E. MacKenzie
Affiliation:
Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada, 4200 Highway no. 97, South Summerland, British Columbia, Canada V0H 1Z0
N. Kirk Hillier*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada B4P 2R6
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: kirk.hillier@acadiau.ca).

Abstract

Cucullia umbratica Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Agnippe prunifoliella Chambers (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), and Bryotropha plantariella Tengstrom (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), were significant bycatch in pheromone-based trapping systems for red-striped fireworm, Aroga trialbamaculella Chambers (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in Nova Scotia, Canada. Cucullia umbratica is a European introduced species and a new macrolepidopteran recorded in continental Canada. The only previous record of this moth in North America was from the Magdalen Islands (Québec, Canada). Potential attractants for B. plantariella, A. prunifoliella, and C. umbratica are a result of this bycatch investigation.

Résumé

Cucullia umbratica Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Agnippe prunifoliella Chambers (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) et Bryotropha plantariella Tengstrom (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) forment des captures accessoires significatives dans les réseaux de piégeage à phéromone de la tordeuse du bleuet, Aroga trialbamaculella Chambers (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), en Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada. Cucullia umbratica est une espèce introduite d'Europe et constitue une nouvelle mention de macrolépidoptère sur le continent canadien. Le seul signalement antérieur de ce papillon nocturne en Amérique du Nord provient des Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Québec, Canada). Une découverte d'appâts potentiels pour B. plantariella, A. prunifoliella et C. umbratica résulte de notre étude de ces prises accessoires.

Type
Behaviour & Ecology
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2013

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