Ethanol and (-)-a-pinene: attractant kairomones for some large wood-boring beetles in Southeastern USA

Daniel R. Miller

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Ethanol and (-)-a-pinene: attractant kairomones for some large wood-boring beetles in Southeastern USA

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Authors:

Daniel R. Miller

Year:

2006

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

J. Chem. Ecol., Vol. 32: 779-794

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Abstract

Ethanol and a-pinene were tested as attractants for large wood-boring pine beetles in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina in 2002-2004. Multiple-funnel traps baited with (-)-a-pinene (released at about 2 g/d at 25-28°C) were attractive to the following Cerambycidae: Acanthocinus nodosus, A. obsoletus, Arhopalus rusticus nubilus, Asemum striaturn, Monochamus titillator, Prionus pocularis, Xylotrechus integer, and X. sagittatus sagittatus. Buprestis lineata (Buprestidae), Alaus rnyops (Elateridae), and Hylobius pales and Pachylobius picivorus (Curculionidae) were also attracted to traps baited with (-)-a-pinene. In many locations, ethanol synergized attraction of the cerambycids Acanthocinus nodosus, A. obsoletus, Arhopalus r.

Keywords

Cerambycidae, Xylotrechus, Monochamus, Acanthocinus, Curculionidae, Hylobius, Pachylobius, Elateridae, Alaus, ethanol a-pinen, kairomone, exotics

Citation

Miller, Daniel R. 2006. Ethanol and (-)-a-pinene: attractant kairomones for some large wood-boring beetles in Southeastern USA. J. Chem. Ecol., Vol. 32: 779-794