Hostname: page-component-6565fbc58-xnvhq Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-03-13T10:55:54.022Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Chemical cues from the coffee berry borer influence the locomotory behaviour of its bethylid parasitoids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2010

P. Chiu-Alvarado ,
J. Valle-Mora  and
J.C. Rojas
P. Chiu-Alvarado
Affiliation:
Departamento de Entomología Tropical, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto Km 2.5, Tapachula, Chiapas, México Department of Zoology, Oxford University, South Park Rd, OxfordOX1 3PS, UK
J. Valle-Mora
Affiliation:
Departamento de Entomología Tropical, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto Km 2.5, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
J.C. Rojas*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Entomología Tropical, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto Km 2.5, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: +52 962628906 E-mail: jrojas@ecosur.mx
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Cephalonomia stephanoderis and Prorops nasuta are two bethylid wasps released into several Latin American countries for classical biological control of coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, the most serious insect pest of coffee worldwide. Recent studies on the host location behaviour of these parasitoids have shown that females of both species are attracted to volatile compounds released by immature stages and dust and frass of H. hampei. In this study, we investigated the role of the contact chemicals present in dust and frass of H. hampei on the behaviour of P. nasuta and C. stephanoderis females. Parasitoids remained longer on patches treated with methanol extracts than on acetone and hexane extracts. Females spent more time on the patch treated with the methanol extract of dust and frass than on the patches treated with the methanol extract of dry coffee and methanol control. The concentration of the methanol extracts from dust and frass influenced the locomotory activity of parasitoids of both species. The time that females spent in the patch tended to increase as the concentration of the methanol extracts increased. A further experiment aimed to identify other behavioural descriptors and gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying the response of parasitoids to methanol extracts was performed. Females of both species spent more time, covered more distance, turned more (per unit time and per unit distance), and decreased their speed when they contacted patches treated with methanol extracts in comparison to patches treated with methanol control.

Keywords

host locationarrestantsparasitoidsHypothenemus hampeiProrops nasutaCephalonomia stephanoderis

Information

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 100 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 707 - 714
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Boo, K.S. & Yang, J.P. (2000) Kairomones used by Trichogramma chilonis to find Helicoverpa assulta eggs. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 359–375.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brun, L.O., Marcillaud, C., Gaudichon, V. & Suckling, D.M. (1994) Cross resistance between insecticides in coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from New Caledonia. Bulletin Entomological Research 48, 175–178.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chiu-Alvarado, M.P. (2007) Host location by parasitoids of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). PhD thesis, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.Google Scholar
Chiu-Alvarado, P. & Rojas, J.C. (2008) Host location behavior by two Cephalonomia spp. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) wasps associated with the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). International Journal Tropical Insect Science 28, 179–184.Google Scholar
Chiu-Alvarado, P., Barrera, J.F. & Rojas, J.C. (2009) Attraction of Prorops nasuta, a parasitoid of the coffee berry borer, to host-associated olfactory cues. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102, 166–171.Google Scholar
Colazza, S., Salerno, G. & Wajnberg, E. (1999) Volatile and contact chemicals released by Nezara viridula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) have a kairomonal effect on the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Biological Control 16, 310–317.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
DeLury, N.C., Gries, R., Gries, G., Judd, G.J.R. & Khaskin, G. (1999) Moth scale-derived kairomones used by egg-larval parasitoid Ascogaster quadridendata to locate eggs of its host, Cydia pomonella. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25, 2119–2131.Google Scholar
Deshpande, A.A. & Jamil, K. (1997) Identification of the kairomones of Exorista bombycis (Dipt., Tachinidae), a major pest of Bombyx mori (Lep., Bombycidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 121, 103–106.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Eigenbrode, S.D. & Espelie, K.E. (1995) Effects of plant epicuticular lipids on insect herbivores. Annual Review of Entomology 40, 171–194.Google Scholar
Felipe-Silvestre, J.M., Gómez, J., Barrera, J.F. & Rojas, J.C. (2005) Respuesta comportamental del parasitoide Cephalonomia stephanoderis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) a estímulos químicos provenientes de su huésped Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Vedalia 12, 137–146.Google Scholar
Gauthier, N., Mandon, N., Renault, S. & Bénédet, F. (2004) The Acrolepiopsis assectella silk cocoon: kairomonal function and chemical characterization. Journal of Insect Physiology 50, 1065–1074.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Godfray, H.C.J. (1994) Parasitoids: Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology. 473 pp. Princeton, NJ, USA, Princeton University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hern, A. & Dorn, S. (1999) Sexual dimorphism in the olfactory orientation of adult Cydia pomonella in response to α-farnesene. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 92, 63–72.Google Scholar
Howard, R.W. (1993) Cuticular hydrocarbon and chemical communication. pp. 179–226in Stanley-Samuelson, D.W. & Nelson, D.R. (Eds) Insect Lipids: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biology. Lincoln, NB, USA, University of Nebraska Press.Google Scholar
Howard, R.W. & Flinn, P. (1990) Larval trails of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) as kairomonal host-finding cues for the parasitoid Cephalonomia waterstoni (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 83, 239–245.Google Scholar
Infante, F., Mumford, J. & Baker, P. (2005) Life history studies of Prorops nasuta, a parasitoid of the coffee berry borer. BioControl 50, 259–270.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Jones, R.L., Lewis, W.J., Bowman, M.C., Beroza, M. & Bierl, B.A. (1971) Host-seeking stimulant for parasite of corn earworm: isolation, identification and synthesis. Science 173, 842–843.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Murphy, S.T. & Moore, D. (1990) Biological control of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolitydae): serious programmes and possibilities for the future. Biocontrol News and Information 11, 107–117.Google Scholar
Nakamura, S. (1997) Clutch size regulation and host distribution of the parasitoid fly, Exorista japonica (Diptera: Tachinidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 32, 283–291.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nettles, W. Jr., (1982) Contact stimulants from Heliothis virescens that influence the bahavior of females of the tachinid, Eucelatoria bryani. Journal of Chemical Ecology 8, 1183–1191.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Powell, W. & Poppy, G. (2001) Host location by parasitoids. pp. 111–128in Woiwod, I.P., Reynolds, D.R. & Thomas, C.D. (Eds) Insect Movement Mechanisms and Consequences. Proceedings of the Royal Entomology Society's 20th Symposium. CABI Publishing.Google Scholar
Rojas, J.C., Castillo, A. & Virgen, A. (2006) Chemical cues used in host location by Phymastichus coffea, a parasitoid of coffee berry borer adults, Hypothenemus hampei. Biological Control 37, 141–147.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rutledge, C.E. (1996) A survey of identified kairomones and synomones used by insect parasitoids to locate and accept their host. Chemoecology 7, 121–131.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Steidle, J.L.M. & Ruther, J. (2000) Chemicals used for host recognition by the granary weevil parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26, 2665–2675.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stewart-Jones, A., Hodges, R.J., Farman, D.I. & Hall, D.R. (2005) Solvent extraction of cues in the dust and analysis of behavioural mechanisms leading to arrestment of the predator Teretrius nigrescens. Physiological Entomology 31, 63–72.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stewart-Jones, A., Stirrup, T.J., Hodges, R.J., Farman, D.I. & Hall, D.R. (2009) Analysis of free fatty acids in food substrates and in the dust and frass of stored-product pests: Potential for species discrimination? Journal of Stored Products Research 45, 119–124.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Takabayashi, J. & Takahashi, S. (1986) Effect of kairomones in the host searching behavior of Apanteles kariyai (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the common armyworm Pseudaletia separata Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). II. Isolation and identification of arrestants produced by the host larvae. Applied Entomology and Zoology 21, 114–118.Google Scholar
Takabayashi, J., Noda, T. & Takahashi, S. (1985) Effect of kairomones in the host searching behavior of Apanteles kariyai Watanabe (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a prasitoid of the common armyworm Pseudaletia separata Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). I. Presence of arresting stimulants produced by the host larvae. Applied Entomology and Zoology 20, 484–489.Google Scholar
Tanaka, C., Kainoh, Y. & Honda, H. (2001) Host frass as arrestant chemicals in locating host Mythumma separata by the tachinid fly Exorista japonica. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 100, 173–178.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vet, L.E.M. & Dicke, D. (1992) Ecology of infochemical use by natural enemies in a tritrophic context. Annual Review of Entomology 37, 141–172.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Vinson, S.B. (1998) The general host selection behavior of parasitoid Hymenoptera and a comparison of initial strategies utilized by larvaphagous and oophagous species. Biological Control 11, 79–96.Google Scholar
Waterhouse, D.K. & Norris, K.R. (1989) Biological Control-Pacific Prospect. Supplement 1. 123 pp. Canberra, Australia, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.Google Scholar
Zalucki, M.P., Clarke, A.R. & Malcolm, S.B. (2002) Ecology and behavior of first instar larval Lepidoptera. Annual Review of Entomology 47, 361–393.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed