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Title: SEARCHING FOR EXOTIC SPODOPTERA SPECIES

Author
item Meagher, Robert - Rob
item BRAMBILA, JULIETA - USDA, APHIS, GAINESVILLE
item HUNG, EDWARD - SHERWOOD FARMS, INC., FL

Submitted to: Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/25/2006
Publication Date: 7/25/2006
Citation: Meagher Jr, R.L., Brambila, J., Hung, E. 2006. Searching for exotic spodoptera species. Florida Entomological Society Annual Meeting.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: We used sex pheromone-baited traps to collect native and exotic Spodoptera spp. moths at an orchid nursery in Lake County, FL. Lures for S. eridania, exempta, exigua, frugiperda, littoralis, litura, praefica, and Pseudaletia unipuncta were placed in bucket traps that surrounded the greenhouses of the nursery. No exotic species have been collected, but S. albula and S. latifascia were collected in traps with exempta lures, fall armyworm was collected in frugiperda lures, and southern armyworm was collected in eridania lures.