First record of the scarab beetle, Phyllophaga lissopyge from South America, with descriptions of adult seasonal activity and male response to sex attractants
1 Department of Plant Science and Plant Pathology, Montana State University, 10 Marsh Laboratory, Bozeman, MT 59717
2 Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, 630 W. North Street, Geneva, NY 14456
3 Present address: Subtropical Insects Research Unit, US Horticultural Research Laboratory, ARS, USDA, 2001 South Rock Rd., Ft. Pierce, FL 34949.
Abstract
Phyllophaga lissopyge (Bates) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) is reported for the first time from South America. Male sex pheromone response is described for P. lissopyge and two other co-occurring Phyllophaga species. Adults of P. lissopyge and P. menetriesi (Blanchard) flew to traps baited with methyl 2-(methylthio) benzoate whereas adults of P. obsoleta (Blanchard) flew irregularly to four different pheromone compounds. Adult seasonal activity is described from males captures in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia.
Resumen
Se reporta por primera vez Phyllophaga lissopyge (Bates) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) en Sur América. Se describe la respuesta de los machos de P. lissopyge y de otras dos species de Phyllophaga recolectados en trampas cebadas con feromona sexual. Los adultos de P. lissopyge y P. menetriesi (Blanchard) volaron a las trampas cebadas con metil-2 - (metiltio) benzoate mientras los adultos de P. obsoleta (Blanchard) volaron irregularmente a cuatro diferentes compuestos de la feromona. Se describe la actividad estacional de los adultos basada en los machos capturados en trampas en Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia.
Keywords: Antioquia, methyl 2-(methylthio) benzoate, Coleoptera, Colombia, L-isoleucine, L-leucine, L-valine, Melolonthinae, methyl 2-(methylthio), pheromone, Scarabaeidae
Correspondence:
a*am434@cornell.edu,
bdp25@cornell.edu,
cpsr1@cornell.edu, *Corresponding author
Received: 11 December 2009 | Accepted: 10 February 2010 | Published: 25 February 2011
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 11, Number 23
Morales-Rodriguez A, Peck DC, Robbins PS. 2011. First record of the scarab beetle, Phyllophaga lissopyge from South America, with descriptions of adult seasonal activity and male response to sex attractants. Journal of Insect Science 11:23 available online: insectscience.org/11.23
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