ATTRACTION OF FEMALE CABBAGE-LOOPER MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE) TOMALES IN THE FIELD

Authors
LANDOLT PJ
Citation
Pj. Landolt, ATTRACTION OF FEMALE CABBAGE-LOOPER MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE) TOMALES IN THE FIELD, The Florida entomologist, 78(1), 1995, pp. 96-100
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Florida entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00154040
Volume
78
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
96 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-4040(1995)78:1<96:AOFCM(>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Live male cabbage looper moths, Trichoplusia ni (Hubner), used to bait traps in cotton fields, attracted conspecific males and females which were captured in the bucket traps. Females captured in traps baited w ith males included unmated individuals as well as mated ones, with up to 7 spermatophores in the bursa copulatrix. Cabbage looper moths arri ved at cages of males in cotton primarily during the first three hours of the night, beginning at dusk.