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FIELD AND LABORATORY EVALUATION OF A SEX ATTRACTANT FOR THE WHITE CUTWORM, EUXOA SCANDENS (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. G. R. McLeod ,
T. Nagai ,
A. N. Starratt ,
C. Bonenfant ,
E. W. Rud  and
S. Belloncik
D. G. R. McLeod
Affiliation:
Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, London, Ontario N6A 5B7
T. Nagai
Affiliation:
Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, London, Ontario N6A 5B7
A. N. Starratt
Affiliation:
Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, London, Ontario N6A 5B7
C. Bonenfant
Affiliation:
Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval-des-Rapides Québec H7V 1B7
E. W. Rud
Affiliation:
Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval-des-Rapides Québec H7V 1B7
S. Belloncik
Affiliation:
Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Laval-des-Rapides Québec H7V 1B7
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The white cutworm, Euxoa scandens (Riley), is a sporadic pest of tobacco in Quebec (Mailloux and Desrosiers 1978), asparagus in Michigan (A. L. Wells, pers. comm.), and other vegetable crops grown in light sandy soils (Beirne 1971). The immature larvae overwinter and cause serious damage when they resume feeding in the spring (Hudson and Wood 1930). Moths emerge and oviposit from late June until late July (McLeod and Dupré 1981). An efficient monitoring method utilizing the female sex pheromone would be an important aid in estimating the size and distribution of the adult population and would help in planning insecticide control. We report here some results of electroantennogram screening of potential sex attractants and the results of field tests of the most active of these.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 114 , Issue 11 , November 1982 , pp. 1101 - 1103
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1982

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