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Field Evaluation of Different Wavelengths Light-Emitting Diodes as Attractants for Adult Aleurodicus dispersus Russell (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

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In recent years, light traps with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been widely used in integrated pest management. The spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, a highly invasive pest which causes heavy damage to fruit trees and ornamental plants, exhibits positive phototaxis, and light trap is the most appropriate tool for monitoring. We evaluated the use of LEDs as an inexpensive light source and examined the relationship between the captured number and the population density of adult A. dispersus in the field. We found that the violet (405 nm) LED traps captured the most adults of A. dispersus, and the captured numbers were significantly higher than those of blue (460 nm), green (520 nm), yellow (570 nm), and red (650 nm) LED traps. The adults of A. dispersus captured by light traps equipped with violet LEDs and smeared with liquid paraffin had a significant positive correlation with the population density of adult A. dispersus in a guava orchard, with a correlation coefficient of 0.828. In general, the light traps with 15 violet LED bulbs hung into 550-mL plastic bottles and smeared with liquid paraffin were the portable devices for attraction of adult A. dispersus. The results have potential use for improving the efficiency of light traps at attracting and trapping the adult spiralling whitefly.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences for providing the guava orchard for the field experiments. This study was financed by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest of China (201103026-4, 200803023-02) and the Fund Project for Transformation of Agricultural Scientific and Technological Achievements from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2011GB23260037).

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    L X Zheng, Y Zheng & W J Wu

  2. Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, Hainan, China

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Zheng, L.X., Zheng, Y., Wu, W.J. et al. Field Evaluation of Different Wavelengths Light-Emitting Diodes as Attractants for Adult Aleurodicus dispersus Russell (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Neotrop Entomol 43, 409–414 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-014-0228-7

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