Plant Phenology-Related Shifts in Color Preferences ofEpicometis(Tropinota)Hirta(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) Adults - Key to Effective Population Monitoring and Suppression

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Comparison of Color and Attractant Traps Effect Used for Sampling Apple Blossom Beetle (Tropinota Hirta (Poda, 1761) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae))

“…Many colors, yellow, fluorescent yellow, white, brown, transparent, chartreuse, coral, dodger blue, golden rod, hot pink, light sea green, light sky blue, medium orchid, etc have been evaluated to find out the most attractant colors for T. hirta in numerous scientific studies (Schmera et al, 2004;Kozár, 1972 . Some researchers declared that adults of T. hirta were strongly attracted to objects of light blue color (Kozár, 1972;Aydın, 2011) while some of them affirmed that the blue color has been the most attractive color for T. hirta (Tóth et al, 2005). Likewise some of the scientific study results showed that T. hirta had been attracted to yellow, light blue or white color in a field test, but they found no significant differences between colors (Schmera et al, 2004).…”

Use of Semiochemical Products in Monitoring and Control of Epicometis Hirta Poda

“…Epicometis hirta is a polyphagus pest, being reported on 48 species of plants (Subchev et al, 2011). The damage is produced by adults which consume the reproductive organs of host flowers, such as orchard trees, cereals or ornamental plans (Aydin, 2011;Vuts et al, 2009). It's attack can diminish up to 70% of flowers in nurseries and young cherry orchards (Kutinkova and Andreev, 2004;Roşca et al, 2011).…”

Diversidade de Cetoniidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) no Cerrado do Distrito Federal

“…Para A. cornifrons existe apenas um registro em São Paulo (Di Iorio, 2013 (Orozco, 2012;Di Iorio, 2013). Existem registros de ataques desta espécie a frutíferas e roseira (Garcia et al, 1993;Garcia & Corseuil, 1998/1999Cunha et al, 2007;Aydin, 2011) e também em plantações de milho na fase reprodutiva (Cunha et al, 2007). Micó et al (2000) descreveram o estágio larval desta espécie a partir do terceiro ínstar.…”

“…Hologymnetis undulata é a única espécie do gênero que se encontra na América do Sul (Ratcliffe & Deloya, 1992 (Ratcliffe, 2005;2011). Existe registro de I. bonplandi para o Pará, Minas Gerais e Rio de Janeiro e de M. maculosa para o Brasil (Di Iorio, 2013).…”

“…A maioria dos Cetoniidae adultos apresenta hábitos alimentares diurnos, alimentando-se de néctar, pólen, exsudados de plantas e frutos maduros (Ritcher, 1958;Krikken, 1984a). Adultos de algumas espécies de Cetoniidae são relatados como pragas agrícolas, hortícolas, ornamentais e polinizadores em muitas partes do mundo (Molina, 2001;Vuts et al, 2008;Vuts et al, 2010;Aydin, 2011;Subchev et al, 2011).…”