Evaluation of traps and hydrolyzed protein to monitoring adults of the fruit fly, genus Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Toledo J., Paxtián J., Oropeza A., Flores S., Liedo P.
Author Affiliation: Departamento de Entomología Tropical, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Apartado Postal 36, Tapachula, Chiapas, 30700, Mexico.
Folia Entomológica Mexicana 44 : 7-18
Abstract : The combination of three designs of traps (McPhail, Tephri-trap and Multilure) and five kinds of hydrolysed proteins (Nutriferm, Arancia, Winner, Captor and Muscakill) was evaluated in the attraction and capture of fruit fly adults, genus Anastrepha, in a commercial orchard of mango cv. Ataulfo. In the first experiment, the capture of adults of A. ludens and A. obliqua was the highest using the McPhail trap and Nutriferm protein as a lure. However, in the second experiment, where the three designs of traps and the two commercial hydrolysed protein (Captor 300 and Nutriferm) were evaluated, it was demonstrated that the Multilure trap was the most effective to capture adults of three species of fruit fly, A. ludens, A. obliqua and A. fraterculus. The efficiency of these traps increased when Nutriferm was used as a lure.