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Return migration of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) during autumn in northern China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

H.-Q. Feng ,
K.-M. Wu ,
Y.-X. Ni ,
D.-F. Cheng  and
Y.-Y. Guo
H.-Q. Feng
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
K.-M. Wu*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
Y.-X. Ni
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
D.-F. Cheng
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
Y.-Y. Guo
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
*
*Fax: +86 10 62894786 E-mail: wkm@caascose.net.cn
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Abstract

The autumn migration of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) was observed with radar and two types of light-trap at Langfang, Hebei province, China in 2001 and 2002. The sudden increase in the proportion of H. armigera moths in the searchlight trap indicated migration into the area and catches increased 10-fold during the second half of the night due to the landing of migrants before dawn. The moths’ migratory flights took place at up to 2000 m above the ground, and moths flew differentially at times, and heights, when favourable (i.e. northerly) winds occurred. This facilitated the maximum displacement of moths towards the south during these ‘return’ migrations. The moths flew over the radar site at consistently high densities through the night, and the resulting flight durations of c. 10 h, at displacement speeds of 30–33 km h−1, would allow moths emerging in the far northeast of China (i.e. Liaoning and Jilin provinces and the Inner Mongolia autonomous region) to migrate into northern China (Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces). The association of the seasonal migratory movements of H. armigera with crops in northern China is briefly discussed.

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Helicoverpa armigeraLepidopteraNoctuidaeChinamigration

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 95 , Issue 4 , July 2005 , pp. 361 - 370
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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