Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia

Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia

Diurnal rhythm of male Bactrocera fruit fly attraction to methyl eugenol (ME) was investigated using clear traps design in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia. The diurnal rhythm pattern studied by half-hourly sampling from 07:00 to 18:00 hr showed significant male fruit fly attr...

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Main Authors: Wee, Suk Ling, Hee, Alvin Kah-Wei
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Published: Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
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spelling ukm-139522020-01-17T08:22:40Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13952/ Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia Wee, Suk Ling Hee, Alvin Kah-Wei Diurnal rhythm of male Bactrocera fruit fly attraction to methyl eugenol (ME) was investigated using clear traps design in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia. The diurnal rhythm pattern studied by half-hourly sampling from 07:00 to 18:00 hr showed significant male fruit fly attraction to ME in the morning from 07:30 to 09:30 hr, with a distinct peak at 08:30-09:00 hr. The male attraction to ME was significantly lower in the afternoon and remained low approaching late afternoon. The ME-responding fruit fly species captured were B. dorsalis (86%), which dominated the local Bactrocera community, followed by B. umbrosa (5.8%) and B. carambolae (0.1%). This showed that B. dorsalis is a more dominant species than its sibling species, B. carambolae in the area studied. In addition, ca. 8.1% of Bactrocera male flies that bore intermediate morphological characteristics between B. dorsalis and B. carambolae were also captured in those traps. The present study shows that for ME-responding Bactrocera spp., male attraction to ME occurs throughout the day with peak period of attraction to ME occurring ca. 30 mins following sunrise for 2 hrs before gradually tapering off. Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13952/1/25768-87011-1-PB.pdf Wee, Suk Ling and Hee, Alvin Kah-Wei (2018) Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia. Serangga, 23 (2(SI)). pp. 83-91. ISSN 1394-5130 http://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1133/showToc
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description Diurnal rhythm of male Bactrocera fruit fly attraction to methyl eugenol (ME) was investigated using clear traps design in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia. The diurnal rhythm pattern studied by half-hourly sampling from 07:00 to 18:00 hr showed significant male fruit fly attraction to ME in the morning from 07:30 to 09:30 hr, with a distinct peak at 08:30-09:00 hr. The male attraction to ME was significantly lower in the afternoon and remained low approaching late afternoon. The ME-responding fruit fly species captured were B. dorsalis (86%), which dominated the local Bactrocera community, followed by B. umbrosa (5.8%) and B. carambolae (0.1%). This showed that B. dorsalis is a more dominant species than its sibling species, B. carambolae in the area studied. In addition, ca. 8.1% of Bactrocera male flies that bore intermediate morphological characteristics between B. dorsalis and B. carambolae were also captured in those traps. The present study shows that for ME-responding Bactrocera spp., male attraction to ME occurs throughout the day with peak period of attraction to ME occurring ca. 30 mins following sunrise for 2 hrs before gradually tapering off.
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author Wee, Suk Ling
Hee, Alvin Kah-Wei
spellingShingle Wee, Suk Ling
Hee, Alvin Kah-Wei
Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia
author_facet Wee, Suk Ling
Hee, Alvin Kah-Wei
author_sort Wee, Suk Ling
title Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia
title_short Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia
title_full Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia
title_fullStr Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in Tanjung Bungah, Penang, Malaysia
title_sort diurnal attraction of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) to methyl eugenol in a village ecosystem in tanjung bungah, penang, malaysia
publisher Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2018
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13952/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13952/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13952/1/25768-87011-1-PB.pdf
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