Title
Screening known Cerambycidae pheromones for activity with the Peruvian fauna
Date Issued
01 November 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Paredes-Espinosa R.
Aguilar Briones R.
Mezones Alarcon I.
Guerrero Vejarano T.E.
Monné M.L.
González A.
Allison J.
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
Semiochemicals are powerful tools for the surveillance and suppression of forest insects. Although the literature on the chemical ecology of and use of semiochemicals to manage the Cerambycidae is growing, little is known about the chemical ecology of Cerambycidae fauna in Peru. Trapping studies that screen known attractants in off-shore mitigation programs can provide valuable baseline knowledge to inform management of species introduced outside their native range. Known Cerambycidae pheromones were screened for activity in a year-long field study in Peru to look for activity in the local Cerambycidae fauna. The most frequently captured species were Megacyllene andesiana (Casey), Oreodera bituberculata Bates, Aegomorphus longitarsis (Bates) and Discopus eques Bates. The activity period of A. longitarsis, O. bituberculata and D. eques occurred in mid-September 2020 and for M. andesiana occurred in early October 2020. Responses to anti-2,3-hexanediol, fuscumol and fuscumol acetate by M. andesiana, O. bituberculata and D. eques were observed. We observed antagonism of the responses of M. andesiana, O. bituberculata and D. eques when anti-2,3-hexanediol, fuscumol and fuscumol acetate were tested in blends.
Start page
506
End page
511
Volume
23
Issue
4
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Agronomía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85107545016
Source
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
ISSN of the container
14619555
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank the Canadian Forest Service, Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva (Peru) and Synergy Semiochemicals Inc. for supporting this research. This work was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) under grant 304318/2018‐3 (Marcela L. Monné).
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