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1 March 2017 Food Attractants to Increase Pheromone-Baited Trap Performance for Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Mezcal Maguey
Pedro Figueroa-Castro, Víctor López-Martínez, Francisca Silva-García, Héctor González-Hernández
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Abstract

The agave weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), is the main insect pest on maguey grown for mezcal beverage production in Guerrero, Mexico. We studied the effectiveness of several food attractants in pheromone-baited traps for capturing S. acupunctatus in mezcal maguey plantations. All of the tested food attractants synergized the response of the agave weevil to synthetic aggregation pheromone traps. Adding papalote maguey tissue, ripe banana, or ripe pineapple fruit increased the number of captured weevils in pheromone-baited traps. However, it is easier, cheaper, and more practical to use ripe banana or pineapple fruit as the bait attractant than using the agave tissue.

Pedro Figueroa-Castro, Víctor López-Martínez, Francisca Silva-García, and Héctor González-Hernández "Food Attractants to Increase Pheromone-Baited Trap Performance for Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Mezcal Maguey," Florida Entomologist 100(1), 203-205, (1 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.100.0135
Published: 1 March 2017
KEYWORDS
agave weevil
atrayentes alimenticios
Food attractant
monitoreo
monitoring
pheromone trap
picudo del agave
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