Monitoring <i>Chilecomadia valdiviana</i> (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) Using Sex Pheromone-Baited Traps in Apple Orchards in Chile

• Main Authors: Wilson Barros-Parada, Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras, Jan Bergmann, Heidy Herrera, Takeshi Kinsho, Yuki Miyake
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
• Series: Insects
• Subjects: carpenterworm; male attractant; monitoring; flight phenology; (7<i>Z</i>,10<i>Z</i>)-7,10-hexadecadienal; wood-borer
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/12/6/511

<i>Chilecomadia valdiviana</i> (Philippi) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) is a native xylophagous pest in apple orchards in Chile. A series of experiments evaluated the efficacy of trap type, sex pheromone (Z7,Z10-16:Ald) dose, and trap location in the apple tree canopy on trap catch of male adults. Bucket traps (6 L), with and without roof and cross vane spacers, together with bucket traps (20 L) without roof and spacers, showed higher catches among the four types of traps evaluated. In a second experiment, the UNI-trap and Delta trap showed higher catches than Multipher, wing, and bucket traps (6 L). Male catches were not affected by height when tested at 0, 1.5, and 3 m in the canopy. A 300 µg dose of Z7,Z10-16:Ald showed higher catch than the control treatment. This dose allowed monitoring of male flight of <i>C. valdiviana</i> for at least five weeks in apple orchards in Chile. Based on relative trap costs, we propose the use of 6 L bucket traps for male mass trapping, while Delta traps can be used for monitoring of male flight. We found that male flight of <i>C. valdiviana</i> occurred mainly from mid-August to late November, reaching its maximum in mid-September.