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7 November 2023 Seasonal activity of Trechnites insidiosus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and its host Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in pear
Gabriel Zilnik, W. Rodney Cooper, David R. Horton, Robert Orpet, Louis Nottingham, Richard Hilton, Chris Adams, Katrina L. Dickens, Susan E. Halbert, James Snyder, Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris
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Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) is the most expensive and challenging insect pest of commercial pear trees in the Pacific Northwest. Integrated pest management (IPM) programs are working toward relying more heavily on natural enemies to reduce insecticide use. Trechnites insidiosus (Crawford) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is the main parasitoid of C. pyricola, but little is known about its biology in the region. Developing sampling tools is important for the deployment of IPM programs, including monitoring of natural enemies. In this study, we examined 2 conventional monitoring methods: beat trays and yellow sticky cards, in addition to screened sticky cards and 3D-printed cylinder traps. Additionally, we tested an overwintering trap for the collection of parasitized C. pyricola.The trapping methods were tested in orchards in Oregon and Washington. Unscreened cards caught the most T. insidiosus and C. pyricola, followed by screened cards, cylinder traps, and then beat trays. Beat trays sometimes failed to catch any T. insidiosus, even when it was found in abundance via other methods. Screened cards and cylinder traps reduced bycatch and increased ease of identifying T. insidiosus. Specimens from the cylinder traps were also more suitable for use in molecular analysis. The overwintering traps were effective at capturing parasitized C. pyricola, but were highly variable year to year. The ideal trapping method will vary based on research needs (e.g., DNA preservation, reducing bycatch, catching higher numbers), but both screened sticky cards and cylinder traps were viable methods for monitoring T. insidiosus and its host.

Gabriel Zilnik, W. Rodney Cooper, David R. Horton, Robert Orpet, Louis Nottingham, Richard Hilton, Chris Adams, Katrina L. Dickens, Susan E. Halbert, James Snyder, and Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris "Seasonal activity of Trechnites insidiosus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and its host Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in pear," Journal of Economic Entomology 116(6), 1957-1968, (7 November 2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad199
Received: 20 March 2023; Accepted: 16 October 2023; Published: 7 November 2023
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KEYWORDS
3D-printing
insect trap
monitoring
parasitoid
pear psylla
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