Susceptibility of Oriental Fruit Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to Two Pyrethroids and a Proposed Diagnostic Dose of Esfenvalerate for Field Detection of Resistance
2011
Jones, Moneen M. | Robertson, Jacqueline L. | Weinzierl, Richard A.
Laboratory colonies of oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), were reared on ‘Gala’ apples (Malus pumila Mill.) and lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) diet. Neonates were placed on wheat germ diet containing a range of concentrations of esfenvalerate or lambda-cyhalothrin; mortality was assessed after 96 h. For a long-term laboratory colony, LC50 values of esfenvalerate and lambda-cyhalothrin were 0.35 and 0.12 ppm, respectively, for progeny of insects reared on apples. For a colony established from Calhoun Co., IL, in 2007, LC50 values of esfenvalerate and lambda-cyhalothrin were 0.37 and 0.10 ppm, respectively, for progeny of insects reared on apples. LC50 values of these insecticides did not differ significantly for either colony when progeny of insects reared on lima bean diet were tested. We observed no consistent evidence of pyrethroid resistance in the Calhoun colony after laboratory culture for 21-23 generations. We described the dose-response relationship for esfenvalerate applied topically in 1 microliter of acetone to male moths from the long-term laboratory colony and estimated the LD99 to be 0.022 micrograms per moth. Application of 0.022 micrograms of esfenvalerate per moth to approximately equal to 600 male moths from two putatively susceptible populations resulted in mean survivorship approximately equal to the expected level of 1.0%. Application of the same dose to 374 field-captured moths from two Calhoun Co. orchards with histories of pyrethroid use resulted in mean survivorship of 9.4 and 82%. We propose that 0.022 micrograms of esfenvalerate in 1 microliter of acetone can be used as a diagnostic dose for monitoring pyrethroid resistance in oriental fruit moth in the field.
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