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A SPECTRAL ZONE OF COLOR PREFERENCE FOR THE ONION FLY, DELIA ANTIQUA (DIPTERA: ANTHOMYIIDAE), WITH REFERENCE TO THE REFLECTIVE INTENSITY OF TRAPS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R.S. Vernon
Affiliation:
Agriculture Canada Research Station, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1X2

Abstract

It was hypothesized that Delia antiqua (Meigen), the onion fly, would show high preference in the field for trap colors reflecting visible wavelengths between 400 and 480 nm at reflective intensities above 37%. This preferred spectral zone (PSZ) was tested in an onion field in 1984, using cardboard traps painted with 11 blue, violet, and green hues, and two PSZ reflecting colors of varying intensity. It was found that colors with peak reflective wavelengths occurring between 400 and 470 nm, at or above 30% reflectance intensity, were most preferred. Wavelength-specific reflectance intensity was shown for the first time under field conditions to influence the magnitude of color preference in the onion fly.

Résumé

On avait posé l’hypothèse que la mouche de l’onion Delia antiqua (Meigen) devrait montrer une préférence en champ pour des couleurs de pièges réflétant les longueurs d’ondes visibles entre 400 et 480 nm aux intensités de réflexion dépassant 37%. Ce spectre préférentiel (SP) a été testé dans un champ d’onion en 1984, à l’aide de pièges de carton colorés en 11 teintes de bleu, violet et vert et deux couleurs réfléchissant dans le SP et d’intensité variable. On a trouvé que les couleurs dont les pics de réflexion se situent entre 400 et 470 nm, avec une réflectance d’au moins 30%, étaient préférées. On a ainsi montré pour la première fois que l’intensité de réflexion spécifique de la longueur d’onde pouvait affecter le degré de préférence pour la couleur de la mouche de l’onion en champ.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1986

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