Dichocrocis punctiferalis guenee injurious to masson pine. Male hairpencil scent of conogethes punctiferalis was analyzed and its function was studied. Crambidae, applied entomology and zoology, volume 47, issue 2 may 2012, pp. Insects recognize odorous compounds using sensory neurons organized in olfactory sensilla. Pdf status of shoot and fruit borer, conogethes punctiferalis, in sri lanka. Here we report that males of the yellow peach moth conogethes punctiferalis crambidae sexually communicate with females by emitting loud ultrasound 103 db. Jan 28, 2012 although generation of ultrasound during courtship has been reported for an increasing number of moth species, the effect of the ultrasound on mating remains uncertain in many cases because of a lack of proper verification. K p kumar1, a k chakravarthy2 and h khader khan1 1department of agricultural entomology, college of agriculture, uas, gkvk, bengaluru560065, karnataka, india 2division of entomology and nematology, icarindian institute of horticultural research. Effective methods of control will likely remain limited until further physiological and ecological studies can be conducted, many of which will require effective means of rearing of the insect in the. Fruit and shoot borer, conogethes punctiferalis guenee lepidoptera. Conogethes is mostly known for the economic impact of its larvae on agricultural crops.
Currently over a dozen species of conogethes have been recognized. The number of days taken by the neonate larva to become adult was 27. Hence, the present study was conducted on biology of shoot and capsule borer under laboratory conditions. Conogethes punctiferalis is a polyphagous species, well distributed in the tropics and subtropics. In the present study, we sequenced and characterized the antennal transcriptomes of male and female c. Conogethes punctiferalis invasive species list and.
Ultrasonic courtship song of the yellow peach moth. Ranging from india through southeast asia to australia, in many parts it is considered a pest species, feeding on fruit, especially peaches, and is known as the yellow peach moth. The relationship between the two species was investigated by phylogenetic reconstruction using maximumlikelihood. Pyralidae is a polyphagous pest that infests 30 crop plants belonging to 23 families thyagaraj et al. Molecular taxonomy of conogethes punctiferalis and. Research progress of conogethes punctiferalis lepidoptera. Pdf differential response to sex pheromone of the shoot and. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Transcriptomics and identification of candidate chemosensory genes in antennae of conogethes punctiferalis lepidoptera.
Insects free fulltext gobp1 plays a key role in sex. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Yellow peach moth, conogethes punctiferalis xiao wei, matsuyama shigeru, ando tetsu, millar jocelyn g. Pdf conogethes punctiferalis guenee was found to complete its lifecycle within a shorter period in castor, followed by cardamom, guava and ginger under. Economic hosts grown in the uk include allium cepa onion, malus apple, prunus plum, cherry. The yellow peach moth, conogethes punctiferalis guenee, a multivoltine species that overwinters as diapausing larvae, is one of the most serious insect pests on maize in china. Shashank and others published differential response to sex pheromone of the shoot and fruit borer conogethes punctiferalis reared on castor and cardamom find, read. The yellow peach moth, conogethes punctiferalis guenee, belongs to a complex of species native to india, southeast asia, and australia. Pdf status of shoot and fruit borer, conogethes punctiferalis, in. This caterpillar is buff coloured, and the final instar has several dorsal brown warts on each segment. Redescription of conogethes punctiferalis guenee and description of two new closely allied species from eastern palaearctic and oriental regions pyralidae, pyraustinae. Species of conogethes infesting ginger and other zingiberaceae belong to another species. The currently 17 recognized species are distributed in the indomalayan and australasian realm. A component detected by gcead, was identified as e2methyl2butenoic acid tiglic acid by gc, gcms.
Paul zborowski and ted edwards, a guide to australian moths, csiro publishing, 2007, p. Contact individual photographers for permission to use for any purpose. Although generation of ultrasound during courtship has been reported for an increasing number of moth species, the effect of the ultrasound on mating remains uncertain in many cases because of a lack of proper verification. Host preference and performance of the yellow peach. Download conogethes is a group of moths distributed in australasian region from india to new guinea, the solomon islands and australia. Pyralidae hiroshi honda, takao ishiwatari and yoshiharu matsumoto laboratory of applied entomology, faculty of agriculture, university of tokyo, yayoi. Conogethes is a group of moths distributed in australasian region from india to new guinea, the solomon islands and australia. The shoot and capsule borer, conogethes punctiferalis guenee lepidoptera.
Pdf conogethes punctiferalis guenee was found to complete its lifecycle within a shorter period in castor, followed. Most functional proteins seem to be broadly tuned, responding to multiple chemical compounds with. For the polyphagous yellow peach moth conogethes punctiferalis, we. In punjab and himachal pradesh, india, conogethes has become a serious pest of plum, peach, pear. Frontiers binding specificity of two pbps in the yellow. Pdf the shoot and fruit borer, conogethes punctiferalis. Durian, soursop, longan, and rambutan are the major fruit crops infested by c. Host preference and performance of the yellow peach moth. Identification and possible functions of the hairpencil. Abstract conogethes punctiferalis guenee lepidoptera.
However, the mechanisms for host recognition and selection have not been fully elucidated. Sep 23, 2016 the yellow peach moth, conogethes punctiferalis, is an extremely important polyphagous insect in asia. Crambidae was originally considered as one species with fruitfeeding type fft and pinaceaefeeding type pft, but it has subsequently been divided into two different species of conogethes punctiferalis and conogethes pinicolalis. Effects of photoperiod and temperature on diapause. Ultrasonic courtship song of the yellow peach moth, conogethes punctiferalis lepidoptera. Effects of different host plants on the development and. Crambidae reared on chestnut castanea mollissima blume, maize zea mays l.
Status of conogethes punctiferalis guenee in south of. Sexualbiased gene expression of olfactoryrelated genes in. Differential response to sex pheromone of the shoot and fruit borer conogethes punctiferalis reared on castor and cardamom. The yellow peach moth, conogethes punctiferalis, is an extremely important polyphagous insect in asia.
Molecular phylogeny of the yellow peach moth, conogethes. Crambidae based on mitochondrial dna sequences1 wang jing1,2, zhang tiantao1, wang zhenying1, he kanglai1, liu yong2 and li jing1 1 state key laboratory for the biology of the plant diseases and insect pestsinstitute of plant protection, chinese. Conogethes is a genus of moths in the subfamily spilomelinae of the family crambidae. Sep 18, 2018 of which, conogethes punctiferalis is prevalent on several plants and well distributed in south of vietnam. Jun 12, 2014 in order to determine the effects of different host plants on the fitness and performance of the yellow peach moth, conogethes punctiferalis guenee, 1854, experiments were carried out to test the developmental duration and reproduction of co. Unsaturated cuticular hydrocarbons synergize responses to. The yellow peach moth, conogethes punctiferalis guenee, is a major insect pest feeding on various crops and fruit trees in china. Crambidae were originally considered as one species with fruitfeeding type fft and pinaceaefeeding type pft types, but have subsequently been respectively divided into two different species conogethes punctiferalis and c. Of which, conogethes punctiferalis is prevalent on several plants and well distributed in south of vietnam. Media in category conogethes punctiferalis the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total.
A single specimen of this far eastern species was trapped by leon truscott in cornwall on 23 june 2007. Fungal volatiles as oviposition attractants for the yellow peach moth, conogethes. For the polyphagous yellow peach moth conogethes punctiferalis, we explored the effect of chestnut cultivar on the performance and fitness. Development of an artificial diet for rearing conogethes. Pdf differential response to sex pheromone of the shoot. The process odor detection in insects requires an ensemble of proteins, including odorant binding proteins, olfactory receptors, and odor degrading enzymes. Pyralidae its biology and field parasitization article pdf available in indian journal of agricultural sciences 7911. The currently 17 recognized species are distributed in the indomalayan and australasian realm the genus contains several species that are considered pests on economically important food plants such as ipomoea, elettaria and curcuma, on ornamental plants like alpinia, and on shorea, dipterocarpus and several. Conogethes punctiferalis is a highly polyphagous pest, the larvae boring into fruit, seeds and stems of plants in many different families. Crambidae is one of the most damaging lepidoptera, attacking fruit in the temperate and tropical regions of asia, australia, and papua new guinea. Molecular taxonomy of conogethes punctiferalis and c. Hilversum, netherlands triggered by manual operation was used for. Pheromone binding proteins pbps play an important role in olfaction of insects by transporting sex pheromones across the sensillum lymph to odorant receptors. Status of shoot and fruit borer, conogethes punctiferalis, in.
The larvae live concealed in their foodplant in a case lined with silk. Suitability of plant tissues as food for insects varies from plant to plant. The black spotted, yellow borer, conogethes punctiferalis. Identification and possible functions of the hairpencil scent. The moths are also found in hawaii and great britain. A new host of castor shoot and capsule borer, conogethes punctiferalis guenee. Identification of putative chemosensory receptor genes. Conogethes punctiferalis guenee was found to complete its lifecycle within a. Conogethes and dichocrocis have been considered synonyms in the older literature. Identification of putative chemosensory receptor genes from. Host preference and performance of the yellow peach moth ncbi. Conogethes punctiferalis guenee was found to complete its lifecycle within a shorter period in castor, followed by. Sexualbiased gene expression of olfactoryrelated genes.
Males had no tiglic acid right after emergence but tiglic acid concentrations increased to an average of 12. Effect of management strategies for bactocera dorsalis hendel on dichocrocis punctiferalis guenee infestation in guava orchards. Crambidae, is similar to conogethes punctiferalis yellow peach moth and its host plant is gymnosperms, especially for masson pine. The chemosensory systems of moth play an important role in detecting food, oviposition sites.
Biology, conogethes punctiferalis, ricinus communis introduction castor ricinus communis l. Mating disruption using synthetic sex pheromones is an effective pestcontrol method to prevent the evolution of insecticide resistance. The relationship between the two species was investigated by. Conogethes punctiferalis, the durian fruit borer or yellow peach moth, is a moth of the family crambidae. Conogethes punctiferalis guenee was found to complete its life cycle within a shorter period in castor, followed by cardamom guva and ginger under laboratory conditions. Conogethes punctiferalis guenee lepidoptera, crambidae, yellow peach.
Moth photographers group conogethes punctiferalis 19145. Existing studies have suggested that polyphagous lepidopterans preferentially select certain host plant species for oviposition. Fungal volatiles as oviposition attractants for the yellow. Crambidae was originally considered as one species with fruitfeeding type fft and pinaceaefeeding type. Rapid assessment of the need for a detailed pest risk analysis for. Biology of castor shoot and capsule borer, conogethes.
However, newer compounds, spinetoram and cyazypyr, have shown some promise which can be selectively applied at appropriate time and dose. Host preference and performance of the yellow peach moth plos. Molecular taxonomy of conogethes punctiferalis and conogethes. Crambidae is a serious pest of castor, commonly called as peach yellow moth and incurring huge yield losses. Effect of photoperiod and temperature on larval diapause was examined under empirical laboratory conditions. Invasive species list and scorecards for california.
Conogethes punctiferalis guenee was found to complete its lifecycle within a shorter period in. Pdf new horizons in insect science towards sustainable. Crambidae author links open overlay panel wei xiao 1 ling yang 1. To obtain a better understanding of the molecular basis between pbps and semiochemicals, we have cloned, expressed, and purified two pbps cpunpbp2 and cpunpbp5 from the antennae of conogethes punctiferalis. Pyralidae author links open overlay panel hiroshi honda takao ishiwatari yoshiharu. Transcriptomics and identification of candidate chemosensory. Status of shoot and fruit borer, conogethes punctiferalis. Novel tools for the management of conogethes punctiferalis. Evaluation of selected synthetic sex pheromones of the cardamom shoot and fruit borer, conogethes punctiferalis guenee lepidoptera. Dichocrocis punctiferalis dichpuoverview eppo global.
The black spotted, yellow borer, conogethes punctiferalis guenee and allied species akshay kumar chakravarthy conogethes is a group of moths distributed in australasian region from india to new guinea, the solomon islands and australia. Effects of photoperiod and temperature on diapause induction. The borer, conogethes punctiferalis species infests a wide variety of crops and plant parts, is difficult to manage with insecticides. Antennal transcriptome and differential expression of. Although the sex pheromone of the yellow peach moth conogethes punctiferalis guenee lepidoptera, crambidae has already been identified and artificially synthesized, mating disruption in the field has been less successful than expected. Conogethes punctiferalis coffs harbour butterfly house. The black spotted, yellow borer, conogethes punctiferalis guenee. Demography and uncertainty of population growth of.