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Host-finding by Phoracantha semipunctata: host volatiles, electroantennogram recordings and baited field traps

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Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships

Part of the book series: Series Entomologica ((SENT,volume 49))

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Phoracantha semipunctata F., a specific bark borer of Eucalyptus trees, causes significant damage in the stands in southern Portugal. It readily attacks trees that are under physiological stress, and felled trees (Chararas, 1969). The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the odour released by the host tree plays an important role in the host-finding behaviour of this nocturnal insect.

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  • Chararas, C. (1969). Biologie et ecologie de Phoracantha semipunctata F. (Coléoptère Cerambycidae xylophague) ravageur des eucalyptus en Tunisie, et methodes de protection des peuplements. Ann. Inst. Nat. Rech. Forest. de Tunisie 2: 1–37.

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  1. Dept de Biologia, Univ. de Evora, Evora, Portugal

    E. N. Barata & J. Araujo

  2. Dept Zool., Fac. Ciências, Univ. de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    P. J. Fonseca

  3. Dept Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, F.C.T., Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

    E. Mateus

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  1. Institute of Taxonomic Zoology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    S. B. J. Menken

  2. Research Institute for Plant Protection IPO-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. H. Visser (Secretary) & P. Harrewijn (Secretary) & 

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Barata, E.N., Fonseca, P.J., Mateus, E., Araujo, J. (1992). Host-finding by Phoracantha semipunctata: host volatiles, electroantennogram recordings and baited field traps. In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_42

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