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Host suitability of various stored food products for the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology volume 46, pages 463–469 (2011)Cite this article

Abstract

We investigated the attraction to, and ovipositional activity and egg-to-adult survival rate on, 11 stored products of Lasioderma serricorne (F.). These products included polished rice, unpolished rice, wheat flour, corn flour, cocoa powder, roasted coffee beans, green tea leaves, black tea leaves, soybean flour, flue-cured tobacco leaves, and dried small sardines. Tobacco, cocoa, soybean flour, black tea, and wheat flour significantly attracted the beetles. Corn flour, green tea, and coffee tended to attract the beetles. Ovipositional activity of beetle was higher on the food materials than on nonfood materials. The highest ovipositional activity was observed on coffee, followed by cocoa. Ovipositional activity on black tea, unpolished rice, and green tea was also relatively high. Methanol extracts of coffee beans showed oviposition-stimulatory activity. Therefore, the high ovipositional activity observed on coffee beans could be attributed to oviposition stimulants contained in the beans. In the egg-to-adult survival test, all eggs laid on polished rice or tobacco leaves developed successfully into adults, whereas none of the eggs laid on black tea, green tea, or coffee beans developed into adults. These findings suggest that suitability as an attractive target, suitability as an oviposition site, and suitability as larval food are not always compatible.

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We wish to thank the Leaf Tobacco Research Center of Japan Tobacco, Inc., for kindly supplying the insects and some of the food materials.

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    Masatoshi Hori, Masaaki Miwa & Hiroaki Iizawa

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Hori, M., Miwa, M. & Iizawa, H. Host suitability of various stored food products for the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). Appl Entomol Zool 46, 463–469 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-011-0062-x

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Keywords

  • Lasioderma serricorne
  • Stored food products
  • Host suitability
  • Attraction
  • Oviposition stimulus