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EVALUATION OF A TRAP FOR THE CITRUS BLACKFLY, ALEUROCANTHUS WOGLUMI (HOMOPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. E. Meyerdirk ,
W. G. Hart  and
J. Burnside
D. E. Meyerdirk
Affiliation:
Citrus Insects Research, SEA, USDA, AR, Weslaco, Texas 78596
W. G. Hart
Affiliation:
Citrus Insects Research, SEA, USDA, AR, Weslaco, Texas 78596
J. Burnside
Affiliation:
Citrus Insects Research, SEA, USDA, AR, Weslaco, Texas 78596
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Abstract

The conventional yellow citrus blackfly trap was tested to determine whether size, shape, and a translucent versus an opaque material had any significant influence on capture of adults. The trap shape (square, rectangle, triangle, and circle) had no influence on efficiency, though the total number of adults caught per trap had a positive correlation with its surface area. Translucent traps were more attractive to adult citrus blackfly than opaque traps. Fluorescent yellow traps with a reflectance of 550–553 nm had a greater attractiveness than yellow with equivalent reflectance.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 111 , Issue 10 , October 1979 , pp. 1127 - 1129
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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