Pheromone Mating Disruption ofRhyacionia zozana(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Influence on the Associated Parasite Complex
作者:
Christine G. Niwa,
Gary E. Daterman,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 18,
issue 4
页码: 570-574
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1093/ee/18.4.570
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Insecta;Rhyacionia zozana;pheromones;mating disruption
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Larval and pupal parasites were collected before and after a mating disruption test ofRhyacionia zozana(Kearfott) to determine if the pheromone treatment affected either the species distribution or abundance of the parasite complex. Total percentage of parasitism was not changed because of the disruption treatment. In treated areas, however, abundance of the most numerous moth parasite,Glypta zozanaeWalley and Barron, was reduced significantly below check plantation levels. In contrast, abundance of the pupal parasiteMastrus aciculatus(Provancher) was higher in pheromone-disrupted areas. No changes in the sex ratios of these species were attributable to the pheromone treatment. Parasite community structures were compared using a similarity index. The degree of likeness between treated and check plantations decreased after disruption, probably because of the changes in the incidence of parasitism byG. zozanaeandM. aciculatus. Accounting for parasitism and reduced mating, surviving host populations in check plantations were over four times greater than in pheromone-disrupted areas. The importance of the host's sex pheromone as a potential kairomone and effects of changes in the host density caused by the mating disruption treatment on the associated parasite complex are discussed.
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