Ipsenol, Ipsdienol, Ethanol, and α-Pinene: Trap Lure Blend for Cerambycidae and Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in Pine Forests of Eastern North America

Abstract

In 2007-2008, we examined the flight responses of wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Buprestidae) to multiple-funnel traps baited with the pine volatiles, ethanol, and α-pinene [85% (-)], and the bark beetle pheromones, racemic ipsenol and racemic ipsdienol. Experiments were conducted in mature pine stands in Canada (Ontario and New Brunswick) and the United States (Arkansas, Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin). At each location, traps were deployed in 10 replicate blocks of four traps per block. The trap treatments were: 1) blank control; 2) ipsenol and ipsdienol; 3) ethanol and α-pinene; and 4) a quaternary blend of ipsenol, ipsdienol, ethanol, and α-pinene. Traps baited with the quaternary blend caught the greatest numbers of Acanthocinus nodosus (F.), Acanthocinus obsoletus (Olivier), Acmaeops proteus (Kirby), Astylopsis sexguttata (Say), Rhagium inquisitor (L.) (Cerambycidae), and Buprestis lineata (F.) (Buprestidae). Traps baited with ethanol and α-pinene caught the greatest numbers of Arhopalus rusticus (LeConte), Asemum striatum (L.), Tetropium spp., Xylotrechus sagittatus (Germar) (Cerambycidae), and Buprestis maculipennis Gory (Buprestidae) with minimal interruption by ipsenol and ipsdienol. Our results suggest that multiple-funnel traps baited with the quaternary lure blend of ipsenol, ipsdienol, ethanol, and α-pinene are effective for trapping various species of wood-boring beetles in pine forests of eastern North America, and may have utility in detection programs for adventive species in North America and overseas.

Evaluation of attractants and traps for monitoring small banded pine weevil Pissodes castaneus

“…These compounds, combined with the synergistic action of ethanol, became the basis for the development of attractants for use in monitoring the number of H. abietis beetles that can cause economic damage to forest crops in Europe (Moore, ; Nordlander, ; Skrzecz, ; Wilson & Day, ; Zumr & Stary, ). Further studies confirmed that ethanol and α‐pinene function as attractants for many species of beetles, not only from the family Curculionidae, which includes many species of beetle that are damaging to reforestations, but also many species of bark and wood‐boring insects in the Cerambycidae and Buprestidae families (Miller et al, ). In 2003, Bichäo, Borg‐Karlson, Araújo, and Mustaparta () identified the P. notatus (= P. castaneus ) neuronal receptors that respond to the monoterpenes (mainly α‐pinene, β‐pinene and 3‐carene) secreted by P. pinaster .…”

The Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Tennessee: Distribution of Species, Seasonal Adult Activity, and New State Records

“…Other records that included seasonal activity and county occurrence data were retrieved from published reports (Meyer 1937;Dillon & Dillon 1941, 1947Linsley 1962aLinsley ,b, 1963Linsley , 1964Dillon 1956a,b,c;Linsley & Chemsak 1972, 1976, 1984, 1995TCEIR 1972;McCauley & Eanes 1987;MacRae 2000;Gryzmala 2006;Schiefer & Newell 2010;Tindall et al 2010;Leavengood & Chapman 2014;Vlasak 2014;Miller et al 2015).…”

A Preliminary Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of Alabama

“…Ma Other records that included seasonal activity and county occurrence data were retrieved from published reports (Meyer 1937;Dillon & Dillon 1941, 1947Linsley 1962aLinsley ,b, 1963Linsley , 1964Dillon 1956a,b,c;Linsley & Chemsak 1972, 1976, 1984, 1995TCEIR 1972;McCauley & Eanes 1987;MacRae 2000;Gryzmala 2006;Schiefer & Newell 2010;Tindall et al 2010;Leavengood & Chapman 2014;Vlasak 2014;Miller et al 2015).…”