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Effect of Different Coloured Light Traps on Captures and Controlling Wax Moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

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Field experiments were conducted to determine the attractive action of different colours (red, yellow, green, blue, white and black) to adult greater ,Galleria  mellonella  L. and lesser, Achroia  grisella  Fab., (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and to assess the  influence of trap  colour on their capture  moths in plastic bottles baited traps. The results demonstrated, Galleria mellonella L. and Achroia grisella Fab. can distinguish between various colours , with regard to treatment colours light traps with red light, black, blue  trapped significantly higher  numbers  of  both greater and lesser wax moths followed by green, yellow and white traps. In conclusion, a trap with red and black light colour was the best attractive equipment for the wax moths. Where, the red colour traps caught the greatest number of moths, recording, 50.0% of the total moth captured, while the, white color traps caught the fewest number of moths recording only 23.27% with average 42.977% when the traps is far from the colonies by 6 meters only, while they were 50.94 and 3.7% with average 38.58 % when the distance between the colonies and light trap were 12 meters.  Future research is recommended for better understanding of the effect of trap color on the diversity and abundance of non-target insects captured.

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10.21608/eajbsa.2015.12883

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Wax Moth, Galleria mellonella L, Coloured light trap, Achroia grisella Fab

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Mahmoud

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Mabrouk

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S.O.

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Beekeeping Res. Dept. Plant Protection Res. Institute, A.R. C., Egypt

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Mohamed

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Mahbob

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Abdel - Moez

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Department of Zoology & Entomology, Faculty of Science, New Valley Branch, Assiut University, New Valley, Egypt

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8

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2

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2441

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2015-10-01

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2015-05-26

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2015-10-01

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17

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24

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1687-8809

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2090-0813

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology

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Effect of Different Coloured Light Traps on Captures and Controlling Wax Moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

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22 Jan 2023