SPECIES COMPOSITION OF HELIOTHINAE CAPTURED IN CONE TRAPS BAITED WITHSYNTHETIC BOLLWORM OR TOBACCO BUDWORM PHEROMONES

The species composition of the Heliothinae captured in cone traps bait ed with synthetic pheromones of the bollworm, Helicoverpa tea (Boddie) , or tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (F.), was determined in Loui siana in 1992. Only tobacco budworms comprised the 49,729 specimens fr om traps baited with tobacco budworm lure. The 25,819 specimens collec ted in traps baited with bollworm lure included one Heliothis phloxiph aga Grote and Robinson, 10 specimens that may be hybrids between the b ollworm and Fl. phloxiphaga, and 15 tobacco budworms. These small numb ers of other Heliothinae, however, would not affect the interpretation of pheromone trap catches of these species or insecticide resistance monitoring data.