Attraction of Leuroperna sera (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) to a synthetic sex pheromone lure for Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Heliothinae)

Abstract

Leuroperna sera (Meyrick, 1889) adults were specifically captured at sticky traps using a synthetic sex pheromone lure for Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner, [1808]) as an attractant. Among the components of the lure for H. armigera, (Z)-9-hexadecenal is likely to be a key component for the attraction of L. sera. The lure will be useful for forecasting the occurrence of L. sera.