A NEW MULTIPLE STORED-PRODUCT INSECT PHEROMONE PITFALL TRAP

Abstract:
The Pantry PatrolÔ is a new trapping system for use by professional pest managers and for introduction into the domestic market. Sex pheromones for Plodia interpunctella, Ephestia kuehniella, E. cautella, Lasioderma serricorne, Trogoderma variabile, and T. granarium and aggregation pheromones for the Tribolium castaneum and T. confusum are incorporated into natural food attractant oils. The pitfall trap is a plastic corner design and oil is placed into the pit with 5-ml plastic dispensers. The box packaging can be fitted as optional protecting covers. Over 20 stored product species have been captured in field traps, including: Tribolium castaneum Lasioderma serricorne Oryzaephilus surinamensis Tribolium confusum Stegobium paniceum Oryzaephilus mercator Cryptolestes pusillus Trogoderma variabile Plodia interpunctella Palorus ratzburgii Sitophilus oryzae Ephestia kuehniella Palorus subdepressus Sitophilus granarius Ephestia cautella Ryzopertha dominica Ahasverus advena Pyralis farinalis (l) Cyanaeus angustus Typhaea stercorea Lathridius minutus Ptinus sp. Dermestes lardarius Tenebroides mauritanicus (l) Using a single Pantry PatrolÔ trap to monitor several stored product insect species will result in reduced cost in materials and reduced labor in maintaining a pest surveillance program.