University of Rhode Island DigitalCommons@URI Plant Sciences and Entomology Faculty Plant Sciences and Entomology Publications 2006 Trapping Phyllophaga spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in the United States and Canada Using Sex Attractants Paul S. Robbins Steven R. Alm University of Rhode Island, [email protected] See next page for additional authors Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/pls_facpubs Citation/Publisher Attribution Robbins, P. S., Alm, S. R., Armstrong, C. D., Averill, A. L., Baker, T. C., Bauernfiend, R. J., ...Villani, M. G. (2006). Trapping Phyllophaga, spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolothinae) in the United States and Canada using sex attractants. Journal of Insect Science, 6, Article 39. 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Gibb, Bruce D. Gill, Daniel O. Gilrein, Clyde S. Gorsuch, Abner M. Hammond, Patricia D. Hastings, David W.Held, Paul R. Heller, Rose T. Hiskes, James L. Holliman, William G. Hudson, Michael G. Klein, Vera L. Krischik, David J. Lee, Charles E. Linn Jr., Nancy J. Luce, Kenna E. MacKenzie, Catherine M. Mannion, Sridhar Polavarapu, Daniel A. Potter, Wendell L. Roelofs, Brian M. Royals, Glenn A. Salsbury, Nathan M. Schiff, David J. Shetlar, Margaret Skinner, Beverly L. Sparks, Jessica A. Sutschek, Timothy P. Sutschek, Stanley R. Swier, Martha M. Sylvia, Neil J. Vickers, Patricia J. Vittum, Richard Weidman, Donald C. Weber, R. Chris Williamson, and Michael G. Villani Source: Journal of Insect Science, 6(39):1-124. 2006. 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BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. Journal of Insect Science | www.insectscience.org ISSN: 1536-2442 Trapping Phyllophaga spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in the United States and Canada using sex attractants. Paul S. Robbins1,*, Steven R. Alm2, Charles. D. Armstrong3, Anne L. Averill4, Thomas C. Baker5, Robert J. Bauernfiend6, Frederick P. Baxendale7, S. Kris Braman8, Rick L. Brandenburg9, Daniel B. Cash10, Gary J. Couch11, Richard S. Cowles12, Robert L. Crocker13, Zandra D. DeLamar14, Timothy G. Dittl15, Sheila M. Fitzpatrick16, Kathy L. Flanders14, Tom Forgatsch17, Timothy J. Gibb18, Bruce D. Gill19, Daniel O. Gilrein20, Clyde S. Gorsuch21, Abner M. Hammond22, Patricia D. Hastings23, David W.Held24, Paul R. Heller5, Rose T. Hiskes12, James L. Holliman25, William G. Hudson26, Michael G. Klein27, Vera L. Krischik28, David J. Lee29, Charles E. Linn, Jr.1, Nancy J. Luce4, Kenna E. MacKenzie30, Catherine M. Mannion31, Sridhar Polavarapu32,†, Daniel A. Potter33, Wendell L. Roelofs1, Brian M. Royals9, Glenn A. Salsbury34, Nathan M. Schiff35, David J. Shetlar36, Margaret Skinner37, Beverly L. Sparks38, Jessica A. Sutschek39, Timothy P. Sutschek39, Stanley R. Swier40, Martha M. Sylvia41, Neil J. Vickers42, Patricia J. Vittum4, Richard Weidman23, Donald C. Weber43, R. Chris Williamson44 and Michael G Villani1,† 1 Cornell Univ., New York State Agric. Experiment Station, Geneva, NY [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 2 Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI [email protected] 3 Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME [email protected] 4 Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst MA [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 5 Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park PA [email protected], [email protected] 6 Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS [email protected] 7 Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln NE [email protected] 8 Georgia Experiment Station, Griffin, GA [email protected] 9 North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC [email protected], [email protected] 10 Franklinville, NY [email protected] 11 Cornell Univ. Cooperative Extension, Middletown, NY [email protected] 12 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Windsor, CT [email protected], 13 Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin, TX [email protected] 14 Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL [email protected], [email protected] 15 Ocean Spray Cranberries, Babcock, WI [email protected] 16 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada [email protected] 17 Bandon, OR [email protected] 18 Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN [email protected] Journal of Insect Science: Vol. 6 | Article 39 1 Journal of Insect Science | www.insectscience.org ISSN: 1536-2442 19 Center for Plant Quarantine Pests, Ottawa, Canada [email protected] 20 Cornell Univ. Cooperative Extension, Riverhead, NY [email protected] 21 Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC [email protected] 22 Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA [email protected] 23 Rutgers Univ. Cooperative Extension, New Brunswick, NJ [email protected], [email protected] 24 Mississippi State Univ, Biloxi, MS [email protected] 25 Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Marion Junction, AL [email protected] 26 Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA [email protected] 27 Ohio State Univ., Wooster, OH [email protected] 28 Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN [email protected] 29 New York State Tree Nursery, Saratoga Springs, NY [email protected] 30 Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada [email protected] 31 Univ. of Florida, Homestead, FL [email protected] 32 Rutgers Univ., Blueberry and Cranberry Research Center, Chatsworth, NJ 33 Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY [email protected] 34 Kansas Department of Agriculture, Greensburg, KS [email protected] 35 USDA Forest Service, Stoneville, MS [email protected] 36 Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH [email protected] 37 Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT [email protected] 38 Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA [email protected] 39 Tarpon Springs, FL [email protected] 40 Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH [email protected] 41 Univ. of Massachusetts Cranberry Experiment Station, Wareham,MN [email protected] 42 Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT [email protected] 43 USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD [email protected] 44 Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI [email protected] † Deceased - Sridhar Polavarapu and Michael Villani are greatly missed by family, friends, and colleagues. Abstract The sex pheromone of the scarab beetle, Phyllophaga anxia, is a blend of the methyl esters of two amino acids, L-valine and L-isoleucine. A field trapping study was conducted, deploying different blends of the two compounds at 59 locations in the United States and Canada. More than 57,000 males of 61 Phyllophaga species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) were captured and identified. Three major findings included: (1) widespread use of the two compounds [of the 147 Phyllophaga (sensu stricto) species found in the United States and Canada, males of nearly 40% were captured]; (2) in most species intraspecific male response to the pheromone blends was stable between years and over geography; and (3) an unusual pheromone polymorphism was described from P. anxia. Populations at some locations were captured with L-valine methyl ester alone, whereas populations at other locations were captured with L-isoleucine methyl ester alone. At additional locations, the L-valine methyl ester-responding populations and the L-isoleucine methyl ester-responding populations were both present, producing a bimodal capture curve. In southeastern Massachusetts and in Rhode Island, in the United States, P. anxia males were captured with blends of L-valine methyl ester and L-isoleucine methyl ester. Resumen La feromona sexual del escarabajo, Phyllophaga anxia, es una mezcla de los ésteres metílicos de