Evaluating the Use of Male-Produced Pheromone Components and Plant Volatiles in Two Trap Designs to MonitorAnoplophora glabripennis

Abstract

Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), commonly known as the Asian longhorned beetle, is a wood-boring invasive species introduced from Asia to North America and Europe in solid wood packing material. Efficient monitoring traps are needed to assess population density and dispersal in the field and to detect new introductions at ports of entry. For this purpose, we conducted field trapping experiments in China in the summers of 2007 and 2008. In 2007, we tested Intercept panel traps hung on poplar trees. In 2008, we used Intercept panel traps hung on poplar trees, screen sleeve traps wrapped around poplar trunks, and Intercept panel traps hung on bamboo poles 20 m away from host trees. Traps were baited with A. glabripennis male-produced pheromone alone or in different combinations with plant volatiles. Traps baited with the male-produced pheromone alone caught significantly more females than control traps in both years. The addition of a mixture of (-)-linalool, (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, linalool oxide, trans-caryophyllene, and trans-pinocarveol to the pheromone significantly increased trap catches of females, 85% of which were virgin. Screen sleeve traps baited with a combination of (-)-linalool and the pheromone caught the highest number of beetles overall in 2008, whereas traps placed on bamboo polls caught the lowest number. Although the logistics for the most effective implementation of a trapping program using a mixture of the pheromone and plant volatiles require additional studies, these results indicate that this pheromone has considerable promise as a monitoring tool for A. glabripennis in the field.

Attraction ofAgrilus planipennis(Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to a Volatile Pheromone: Effects of Release Rate, Host Volatile, and Trap Placement

“…Although the mean number captured was greater in traps baited with both (3Z)-hexenol and (3Z)-lactone, than in traps baited with either compound alone, the increase was merely additive and not synergistic. This differs from the synergistic increases in trap captures observed for the combination of host kairomones and the male-produced pheromone of the brown spruce longhorned beetle Tetropium fuscum (F.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) (Silk et al 2007, Sweeney et al 2010) and the Asian longhorned beetle Anaplophora glabripennis (Motschuslky) (Nehme et al 2010). (3Z)-Hexenol has been shown to synergize pheromone attraction and functions as a kairomone for a number of other beetle species (Dickens et al 1990;Ruther et al 2000Ruther et al , 2002Ruther and Mayer 2005;Reinecke et al 2006).…”

Male-Produced Sex Pheromone of the Cerambycid Beetle Hedypathes betulinus: Chemical Identification and Biological Activity

“…Within the sub-family Lamiinae, a male-produced volatile pheromone that attracts both sexes (i.e., an aggregation pheromone) has been identified previously for Anoplophora glabripennis (Zhang et al, 2002;Nehme et al, 2009). In field tests, addition of host-plant volatiles to this aggregation pheromone increased attraction of A. glabripennis, particularly for virgin females (Nehme et al, 2010). Evidence for a male-produced contact sex pheromone has been reported for Steirastoma breve (Liendo et al, 2005) and Monochamus galloprovincialis (Ibeas et al, 2008), while A. glabripennis females produce a contact recognition pheromone .…”

“…Increased pheromone attraction due to the presence of host odors occurs in several insect groups, such as moths (Dickens et al, 1990(Dickens et al, , 1993Reddy and Guerrero, 2000;Deng et al, 2004;Yang et al, 2004), beetles (Phillips et al, 1984;Byers et al, 1990;Nakamuta et al, 1997;Zhang and Schlyter, 2003), and flies (Landolt et al, 1992). In the Cerambycidae, host odor and pheromone synergism has been documented in Anaglyptus subfasciatus (Nakamuta et al, 1997), Tetropium fuscum and T. cinnamopterum (Silk et al, 2007), and A. glabripennis (Nehme et al, 2010). Only in A. glabripennis are adults attracted to plant volatiles alone, and in that case, this effect is more apparent for males than females (Nehme et al, 2010).…”

“…In the Cerambycidae, host odor and pheromone synergism has been documented in Anaglyptus subfasciatus (Nakamuta et al, 1997), Tetropium fuscum and T. cinnamopterum (Silk et al, 2007), and A. glabripennis (Nehme et al, 2010). Only in A. glabripennis are adults attracted to plant volatiles alone, and in that case, this effect is more apparent for males than females (Nehme et al, 2010).…”

Relative Performance of Lindgren Multiple-Funnel, Intercept Panel, and Colossus Pipe Traps in Catching Cerambycidae and Associated Species in the Southeastern United States

“…The Intercept panel trap, also called the cross-vane panel trap, has gained popularity in trapping larger wood boring species such as longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) and woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) (Sweeney et al 2006, Nehme et al 2010, Dodds and de Groot 2011. The trap consists of crossed vanes of corrugated, black plastic suspended vertically over a large funnel and collection cup (Czokajlo et al 2003).…”