How to translate text using browser tools
1 December 2009 Field Evaluation of Potential Fruit-Derived Lures for Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Jorge Toledo, Edi A. Malo, Leopoldo Cruz-López, Julio C. Rojas
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Previous studies have shown that a nine-component blend (ethyl butyrate, isopropyl butyrate, hexan-1-ol, propyl butyrate, isobutyl butyrate, ethyl hexanoate, isopentyl butyrate, ethyl benzoate, and ethyl octanoate) isolated from Spondias mombin L. (Anacardiaceae) fruit are attractive to both sexes of West Indian fruit fly, Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in laboratory and field cage tests. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of traps baited with the nine-component blend in capturing wild A. obliqua in a mango, Mangifera indica L. variety Ataulfo) orchard. In addition, we tested other S. mombin-derived lures to determine whether any of these effectively mimic the nine-component blend in attracting A. obliqua. In all trials, we compared the attractiveness of the S. mombin-derived lures against hydrolyzed protein, the standard bait for monitoring A. obliqua. We found that, in some trials, there was no difference in the number of females caught by traps baited with the nine-component blend or with hydrolyzed protein. In other trials, traps baited with hydrolyzed protein captured more females than traps baited with the nine-component blend. For males, in general there were no differences in the number of flies caught by traps baited either with the nine-component blend or with hydrolyzed protein. Traps baited with other S. mombin-derived lures captured fewer A. obliqua than traps baited with hydrolyzed protein. Traps baited with S. mombin-derived lures caught fewer species of nontarget tephritid flies and nontarget insects than traps baited with hydrolyzed protein.

© 2009 Entomological Society of America
Jorge Toledo, Edi A. Malo, Leopoldo Cruz-López, and Julio C. Rojas "Field Evaluation of Potential Fruit-Derived Lures for Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 102(6), 2072-2077, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/029.102.0608
Received: 27 October 2008; Accepted: 1 September 2009; Published: 1 December 2009
JOURNAL ARTICLE
6 PAGES

This article is only available to subscribers.
It is not available for individual sale.
+ SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

KEYWORDS
attractants
monitoring
Spondias mombin
volatiles
West Indian fruit fly
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top