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13 January 2021 Temporal Occurrence of Plusiinae on Soybean in the Mississippi River Delta
K. Clint Allen, Nathan S. Little, Omaththage P. Perera
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The subfamily Plusiinae of the moth family Noctuidae is made up 400 species worldwide. Two species of the subfamily, the soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens (Walker), and the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), are important defoliating insect pests of various field crops and have been the subject of previous Plusiinae surveys in the Southern U.S. Soybean fields were sampled in the Mississippi Delta from 2010 to 2012 to determine the temporal occurrence of various Plusiinae species on soybean. As in previous surveys, C. includens was the most common Plusiinae species in soybean during the 3-yr survey, especially in late season collections (July–September). Rachiplusia ou (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was the predominant species observed in early season collections (May–early July). Populations of R. ou during the first sample dates during 2010 were much higher than those observed during the other years of the survey. Only three collected larvae successfully developed into T. ni adults, one each collected during May, June, and July. Although R. ou was not commonly reported in previous studies on soybean, it occurred in low numbers during June and July during the 3-yr study.The temporal occurrence and species composition followed a predictable pattern in all 3 yr of the study.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2021. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
K. Clint Allen, Nathan S. Little, and Omaththage P. Perera "Temporal Occurrence of Plusiinae on Soybean in the Mississippi River Delta," Journal of Economic Entomology 114(2), 723-727, (13 January 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa308
Received: 8 September 2020; Accepted: 3 December 2020; Published: 13 January 2021
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KEYWORDS
Chrysodeixis includens
Rachiplusia ou
soybean
Trichoplusia ni
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