Japanese beetle traps baited with the Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) pheromone lure and a eugenol feeding attractant were placed at five golf courses in Korea to determine how well they work for detecting activity of a closely related species, Popillia quadriguttata (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), a turf pest in Korea. The traps also were used to determine the time of day and time of year that P. quadriguttata is most active. Nineteen scarab species of 13 genera were attracted to the Japanese beetle traps with P. quadriguttata clearly being the most abundant (383 beetles per trap), followed by Adoretus tenuimaculatus Waterhouse (10 per trap), Popillia flavosellata Fairmaire (seven per trap), Exomala orientalis Waterhouse (four per trap), and Maladera japonica (two per trap). Other scarab species were trapped at a rate of <1.0 per trap. Popillia quadriguttata adults were active over a 5-wk period in late June and early July. At Yongwon Golf Club in 2002, peak adult activity was during the last week of June in visual counts and ≈1 wk later in the Japanese beetle traps. In Korea, P. quadriguttata adults are most active between 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. This information should be helpful to golf course superintendents in Korea and to entomologists interested in finding natural enemies of P. quadriguttata to evaluate as potential biocontrol organisms for the very closely related species, the Japanese beetle.
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1 February 2007
Distribution and Adult Activity of Popillia quadriguttata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on Golf Courses in Korea
Dong Woon Lee,
Ho Yul Choo,
David R. Smitley,
Sang Myeong Lee,
Hong Kyun Shin,
Harry K. Kaya,
Chung Gyoo Park,
Jong Kyun Park
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 100 • No. 1
February 2007
Vol. 100 • No. 1
February 2007
feeding lure
Korea
pheromone traps
Popillia japonica
Popillia quadriguttata
turfgrass