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. 2011:11:23.
doi: 10.1673/031.011.0123.

First record of the scarab beetle, Phyllophaga lissopyge from South America, with descriptions of adult seasonal activity and male response to sex attractants

Anuar Morales-Rodriguez  1 , Daniel C Peck, Paul S Robbins
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First record of the scarab beetle, Phyllophaga lissopyge from South America, with descriptions of adult seasonal activity and male response to sex attractants

Anuar Morales-Rodriguez et al. J Insect Sci. 2011.

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Phyllophaga lissopyge (Bates) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) is reported for the first time from South America. Male sex pheromone response is described for P. lissopyge and two other co-occurring Phyllophaga species. Adults of P. lissopyge and P. menetriesi (Blanchard) flew to traps baited with methyl 2-(methylthio) benzoate whereas adults of P. obsoleta (Blanchard) flew irregularly to four different pheromone compounds. Adult seasonal activity is described from males captures in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia.

Se reporta por primera vez Phyllophaga lissopyge (Bates) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) en Sur América. Se describe la respuesta de los machos de P. lissopyge y de otras dos species de Phyllophaga recolectados en trampas cebadas con feromona sexual. Los adultos de P. lissopyge y P. menetriesi (Blanchard) volaron a las trampas cebadas con metil-2 - (metiltio) benzoate mientras los adultos de P. obsoleta (Blanchard) volaron irregularmente a cuatro diferentes compuestos de la feromona. Se describe la actividad estacional de los adultos basada en los machos capturados en trampas en Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Geographic distribution of Phyllophaga lissopyge. High quality figures are available online.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Proportional catch, by species, of adult Phyllophaga Hssopyge and P. obsoleta in traps with 12 different blends of pheromones in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia. (A) untreated check, (B) 100:0, (C) 90:10, (D) 80:20, (E) 60:40, (F) 40:60, (G) 20:80, (H) 10:90, and (I) 0:100 of L-valine methyl ester: L-isoleucine methyl ester; (J) L-leucine methyl ester, (K) methyl 2-(methylthio) benzoate, (L) methyl 2-amino benzoate. High quality figures are available online.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Numbers of adult Phyllophaga lissopyge and P. obsoleta collected weekly from pheromone traps with respect to weekly precipitation in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia. High quality figures are available online.
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