Evaluation of Mating Disruption For the Control of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) in Suburban Recreational Areas in Italy and Greece

Trematerra, Pasquale; Colacci, Marco; Athanassiou, Christos G.; Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.; Rumbos, Christos I.; Boukouvala, Maria C.; Nikolaidou, A.; Kontodimas, D. C.; Benavent-Fernández, Enrique; Gálvez-Settier, Santiago

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“…According to the results that were reported by Trematerra et al [14], mating disruption is able to disrupt the mating behaviour and reproductive success of a large proportion of the population of T. hellenica and T. pityocampa , which clearly suggests that this method can be used for the control of these species. It should be noted that trap shut-down is not a reliable indicator for the success of this method [39]; evaluating the number of winter nests in the treated and untreated sites confirmed the efficacy of mating disruption.…”

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“…During 2004 and 2005, data were obtained in France by Martin and Frérot [47]. New observations on mating disruption were reported from Italy and Greece by Trematerra et al [14]. In this framework, the objective was to evaluate mating disruption for the control of T. hellenica and T. pityocampa for two consecutive years.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, in winter 2016 and 2017, the winter nests that had been created by T. hellenica and T. pityocampa larvae on colonized pine trees of the experimental parcels were counted via observation. Trematerra et al reported statistical analyses and results [14].…”

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“…In Petacciato, for T. pityocampa , the number of males that were captured in the mating disruption parcel after pheromone application was significantly lower than that in untreated parcels during the same interval. The total number of males that were collected in the control parcel was 353 in 2015 and 400 in 2016; in the mating disruption parcel, it was 49 in 2015 and 35 in 2016 [14].…”

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“…In urban and suburban parks or in recreational areas, the use of pheromones can help to manage pine processionary moth infestations by aiding in the monitoring and direct control of male adults. In this paper, we report a review on the recent results that were obtained in the use of pheromones for monitoring, mass trapping, and mating disruption of Thaumetopoea complex [8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17].…”

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Recent Advances in Management by Pheromones of Thaumetopoea Moths in Urban Parks and Woodland Recreational Areas

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Colacci

2019

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Caterpillars of the pine processionary moths, Thaumetopoea complex, cause serious defoliation to Cedrus, Pinus, and Pseudotsuga trees. Thaumetopoea caterpillars also have fine hairs on their abdominal tergites that contain a protein that can severely irritate and cause dermatitis in humans and domestic animals. The control of the T. pityocampa pine processionary moth has become necessary in many European countries because of the sanitary risks that are related to larval urtication and the defoliation threat to pine forests and plantations. New research activities have been aimed at the development of eco-friendly, innovative technologies for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of these moths, particularly in urban parks and woodland recreational areas. This paper describes the recent advances in the use of pheromones in monitoring, mass trapping, and mating disruption related to management of processionary moths T. hellenica and T. pityocampa. According to the results, the use of pheromones may provide a practical alternative to insecticide sprays, as they can be safe and simple as compared to other control methods.

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Discovering allatostatin type-C receptor specific agonists

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Currently, there is no pesticide available for the selective control of the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa-specific), and conventional methods typically rely on mechanical techniques such as pheromone traps or broad-spectrum larvicidal chemicals. As climate change increases the range and dispersion capacity of crop and forest pests, outbreaks of the pine processionary occur with greater frequency and significantly impact forestry and public health. Our study is carried out to provide a T. pityocampa-specific pesticide targeting the Allatostatin Type-C Receptor (AlstR-C). We use a combination of computational biology methods, a cell-based screening assay, and in vivo toxicity and side effect assays to identify, for the first time, a series of AlstR-C ligands suitable for use as T. pityocampa-specific insecticides. We further demonstrate that the novel AlstR-C targeted agonists are specific to lepidopteran larvae, with no harmful effects on coleopteran larvae or adults. Overall, our study represents an important initial advance toward an insect GPCR-targeted next-generation pesticide design. Our approach may apply to other invertebrate GPCRs involved in vital metabolic pathways.

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Different Trap Types Depict Dissimilar Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Cotton Fields

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Pheromone-baited traps have been widely used for the monitoring of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in order to time any control measures during the growing season. Different monitoring techniques may provide differential results regarding adult captures. However, studies on the comparative evaluation of the performance of different trap types on the captures of H. armigera are limited. To close this gap, in the present study, three different funnel traps (striped, green, and colored) were simultaneously evaluated in Central Greece, one of the main cotton-producing geographical zones in the European Union, in order to compare trap performance on the captures of H. armigera, as well as to depict the distribution of this species per trap in the study area. A differential performance of the different trap types tested, expressed as numbers of adults captured, was recorded. Specifically, the striped trap captured many more adult moths than the other two trap types. Given that the only difference among these traps was the color of the external trap surface, we hypothesize that trap color does matter in the case of H. armigera, and it is likely that brighter colors may be more attractive than darker ones.

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Evaluation of Mating Disruption For the Control of Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) in Suburban Recreational Areas in Italy and Greece

Cited by 8 publications

References 41 publications

Recent Advances in Management by Pheromones of Thaumetopoea Moths in Urban Parks and Woodland Recreational Areas

Recent Advances in Management by Pheromones of Thaumetopoea Moths in Urban Parks and Woodland Recreational Areas

Discovering allatostatin type-C receptor specific agonists

Different Trap Types Depict Dissimilar Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Cotton Fields

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