Evaluation of colours to oviposition of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Argentina

Authors

  • Lorena Suárez Procem San Juan – Dirección de Sanidad Vegetal, Av. Benavidez 8000 CP 5400 San Juan, Argentina.
  • Andrea Molina Procem San Juan – Dirección de Sanidad Vegetal, Av. Benavidez 8000 CP 5400 San Juan, Argentina.
  • Fernando Murúa Procem San Juan – Dirección de Sanidad Vegetal, Av. Benavidez 8000 CP 5400 San Juan, Argentina.
  • Juan Carlos Acosta Departamento de Biología e Instituto y Museo de Ciencias Naturales-FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina.
  • Blanca Moyano Procem San Juan – Dirección de Sanidad Vegetal, Av. Benavidez 8000 CP 5400 San Juan, Argentina.
  • Jorge Escobar Procem San Juan – Dirección de Sanidad Vegetal, Av. Benavidez 8000 CP 5400 San Juan, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v14i2.1809

Keywords:

Colours, agar, oviposition, Ceratitis capitata

Abstract

Ceratitis capitata is one of the most important fruit plagues of the world and it is the most abundant and widely distributed fruit fly in Argentina. To develop an egg trap over artificial substrate would be a useful tool to monitoring gravid female. The objective of this study was to evaluate the attraction capacity of different colours to egg laying over agar spheres of C. capitata in laboratory conditions. Five colours: yellow, red, green, black and without colour were proved. The red and black spheres were more attractive, showing significant statistics differences, than green, yellow and without colour. In the lab, the major attraction of dark colours to support the hypothesis that the strong contrast against the background would increase their attraction.

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Published

12/31/2007

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2007)

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Copyright (c) 2007 Lorena Suárez, Andrea Molina, Fernando Murúa, Juan Carlos Acosta, Blanca Moyano, Jorge Escobar

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How to Cite

Suárez, Lorena, Andrea Molina, Fernando Murúa, Juan Carlos Acosta, Blanca Moyano, and Jorge Escobar. 2007. “Evaluation of Colours to Oviposition of Ceratitis Capitata (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Argentina”. Revista Peruana De Biología 14 (2): 291-93. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v14i2.1809.