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FIELD EVALUATION OF SYNTHETIC SEX PHEROMONE ATTRACTANTS FOR THE EYE-SPOTTED BUD MOTH (LEPIDOPTERA: OLETHREUTIDAE) AND THREE LEAFROLLER SPECIES (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. R. MacLellan
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia B4N 1J5

Abstract

Synthetic sex pheromones were evaluated in apple orchards against the pests Spilonota ocellana (D. & S.), Archips argyrospilus (Walker), Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris), and Pandemis limitata (Robinson). Significant correlations between spring larval counts and captures of males in summer in pheromone traps occurred only at moderate to high population levels. Correlations between captures of males in summer and fruit damage occurred only with S. ocellana. The attractants for S. ocellana, A. argyrospilus, and C. rosaceana appear satisfactory but that for P. limitata, possibly due to species identification uncertainty and low populations, requires further evaluation.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1978

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