Collecting brown marmorated stink bugs with pheromone traps produced by FGBU “VNIIKR” in a subtropical and temperate continental climate

The article provides the data obtained as a result of testing a synthetic pheromone produced by the All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center (FGBU “VNIIKR”) for monitoring and collecting a quarantine pest – brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål). Field screening of the brown marmorated stink bug was carried out on the territory of two countries where the pest is not regulated: the Republic of Hun­gary and the Republic of Abkhazia. To test pheromone traps, a synthetic mixture was used, developed ac­cording to an optimized method, which includes the synthesis of two main components: stereoisomers of 10,11-epoxy-1-bisabolene-3-ol, where racemic citro­nellal was used as the initial reagent, and synergistic substances – methyl-(E, E, Z)-2,4,6-decatrienoate. The mixture was applied to bromobutyl rubber dispensers in a 1 : 1 ratio for each component, respectively, in dif­ferent dosages: 12, 24 and 48 mg/dispenser. As an ad­ditional option, a dispenser made of cellulose in buflen with 48 mg of a pheromone was used. Field test results have shown high attractiveness and species-specifici­ty of 24 mg pheromone applied to a bromobutyl rub­ber dispenser for Halyomorpha halys nymphs. Whereas the 48 mg dosage used with the same type of dispenser was more attractive to the imagoes. Thus, the optimized method for the pheromone synthesis has demonstrat­ed its effectiveness in capturing nymphs and imagoes of the brown marmorated stink bug in both moderate continental and subtropical climates. To clarify the most effective dosage of the synthetic pheromone of the brown marmorated stink bug, further research is needed.

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