H. Ikenaga et al., Seasonal prevalence of pink scavenger caterpillar, Anatrachyntis rileyi (Walsingham) (Lepidoptera : Cosmopterigidae) in rice and feed mills., JPN J A ENT, 44(4), 2000, pp. 229-234
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY
Occurrence of pink scavenger caterpillar, Anatrachyntis rileyi (Walsingham)
, which was not known to be established in Japan, was investigated in eight
rice mill facilities, two feed factories and one rice processing facility
for Awamori brewing in Ibaraki, Kagoshima and Okinawa, Japan. Seasonal occu
rrence of the moth was investigated with two kinds of sticky trap, a ribbon
trap suspended from the ceiling and a floor mounted trap, at ten different
sites in a large scale rice mill, in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki from June 1996 to
June 1997. Moths were caught at all sites, and were captured every week exc
ept during the winter. The moths emerged from old rice bran in the rice mil
ls and the feed factories investigated in Ibaraki and Kagoshima and an adul
t was also captured in Okinawa, indicating that A. rileyi has already widel
y colonized Japan. On the basis of the total effective temperature for A. r
ileyi, this species is estimated to have six generations per year in Tsuchi
ura. The number of adults captured by the ribbon traps was better correlate
d to the temperature in the mill than that of the floor mounted traps. Howe
ver, seasonal changes in the number of adults captured by the floor mounted
traps corresponded better to the times of adult emergence in the year esti
mated by the total effective temperature (degree-day).