Iridodial: a powerful attractant for the green lacewing, Chrysopa septempunctata (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) |
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Authors: | Qing-He Zhang Maoling Sheng Guofa Chen Jeffrey R Aldrich Kamlesh R Chauhan |
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Institution: | (1) Sterling International, Inc., 3808 N. Sullivan Rd, Bldg 16BV, Spokane, WA 99216-1616, USA;(2) General Station of Forest Pest Management, State Forestry Administration, No. 58, Huanghe North Street, Shengyang, 110034, People’s Republic of China;(3) USDA-ARS Chemicals Affecting Insect Behavior Laboratory, B-007, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA |
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Abstract: | The lacewing Chrysopa septempunctata Wesmael is an important, common predator of several insects in China, Japan, Russia, and many parts of Europe. Our field trapping experiments in northeast China showed that males of this green lacewing are strongly attracted to the lacewing pheromone of Chrysopa oculata Say, (1R,2S,5R,8R)-iridodial. The induced plant volatile, methyl salicylate, was unattractive to C. septempunctata by itself at the concentration tested, but synergistic when combined with iridodial where the lacewing population was high. (1R,4aS,7S,7aR)-Nepetalactol and (4aS,7S,7aR)-nepetalactone (aphid sex pheromone components) caught significantly more males of C. septempunctata than did blank control traps, but were inferior to iridodial dispensers, which remained strongly attractive to C. septempunctata males for at least 2.5 months. These results indicate that (1R,2S,5R,8R)-iridodial is a powerful attractant for C. septempunctata, and may have great potential for enhanced biological control of garden, agricultural, and forest insect pests. |
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