Attraction of garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola, to floral Japanese beetle lure

  1. J. Ruther1,
  2. T. Tolasch2

Article first published online: 11 MAR 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00832.x

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Journal of Applied Entomology

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volume 128, Issue 2, pages 158–160, March 2004

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Ruther, J. and Tolasch, T. (2004), Attraction of garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola, to floral Japanese beetle lure. Journal of Applied Entomology, 128: 158–160. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00832.x

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  1. 1

    Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology, Berlin, Germany;

  2. 2

    Universität Hamburg, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Hamburg, Germany

*Author's addresses: Dr Joachim Ruther (corresponding author), Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology, Haderslebener Str 9, D-12163 Berlin, Germany. E-mail: ruther@zedat.fu-berlin.de

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 MAR 2004
  2. Article first published online: 11 MAR 2004
  3. Ms. received: October 25, 2003; accepted: June 11, 2003

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Keywords:

  • Phyllopertha horticola;
  • Scarabaeidael;
  • attractant;
  • floral lure;
  • field tests

Abstract:

Field experiments using funnel traps were performed on a golf course to investigate the attractiveness of a floral Japanese beetle lure for adults of the garden chafer, Phyllopertha horticola, a common European turf pest. Traps baited with 10 mg of the floral lure consisting of phenylethyl propionate + eugenol + geraniol (3 : 7 : 3) captured more adult garden chafers of both sexes than non-baited control traps. In contrast, 1,3-dimethyl-2,4-(1H, 3H)-quinazolinedione, the sex pheromone of the closely related pale-brown chafer P. diversa, neither influenced alone nor in combination with the floral lure the behaviour of adult garden chafers. The results suggest that the floral Japanese beetle lure might be used for monitoring or control of P. horticola.

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