Attractiveness of Various Combinations of Colors and Shapes to Females and Males of Bactrocera Minax (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a Commercial Mandarin Grove in Bhutan.
From: International Centre for Management of Pest Fruit Flies, Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Queensland 4111, Australia. d.drew@griffith.edu.au
Journal of economic entomology
- Publish Date: Oct 2006
- ISSN: 0022-0493
- Volume: 99
- Issue: 5
- Pages: 1651-6
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Drew Richard A I, Dorji Chencho, Romig Meredith C, et al. Attractiveness of Various Combinations of Colors and Shapes to Females and Males of Bactrocera Minax (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a Commercial Mandarin Grove in Bhutan.. J. Econ. Entomol. Oct 2006;99:1651-6
Abstract
Bactrocera minax (Enderlein) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a major pest of citrus fruit in the region from Nepal through to southwestern China. In tests on wild adult populations of B. minax in a mandarin, Citrus reticulata Blanco, orchard in western Bhutan, both males and females were more attracted to 50-mm-diameter spheres than to 50-mm discs of the same color. Furthermore, they were more attracted to spheres colored with orange or green-yellow mixtures than to similar spheres colored red, yellow, green, blue, black, or white. The UV reflectance from the orange (600-650 nm) and yellow-green mixtures (530 nm) was similar to that proposed byProkopy (1977) as eliciting strong attractant responses in other species of Tephritidae.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Appetitive Behavior, Bhutan, Citrus, Color, Female, Insect Control, Male, Tephritidae
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