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Attraction of garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola , to floral Japanese beetle lure
Author(s) -
Ruther J.,
Tolasch T.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.795
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0418
pISSN - 0931-2048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00832.x
Subject(s) - japanese beetle , biology , attraction , attractiveness , sex pheromone , popillia , geraniol , botany , horticulture , zoology , toxicology , scarabaeidae , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , essential oil , psychoanalysis
Field experiments using funnel traps were performed on a golf course to investigate the attractiveness of a floral Japanese beetle lure for adults of the garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola , a common European turf pest. Traps baited with 10 mg of the floral lure consisting of phenylethyl propionate + eugenol + geraniol (3 : 7 : 3) captured more adult garden chafers of both sexes than non‐baited control traps. In contrast, 1,3‐dimethyl‐2,4‐(1 H , 3 H )‐quinazolinedione, the sex pheromone of the closely related pale‐brown chafer P. diversa , neither influenced alone nor in combination with the floral lure the behaviour of adult garden chafers. The results suggest that the floral Japanese beetle lure might be used for monitoring or control of P. horticola.