Effectiveness of a naturally derived insecticide, spinosad, against the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni Tams (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae) under laboratory conditions.
The pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni Tams is a serious pest on pine trees in southwestern Turkey. The efficacy of a naturally derived insecticide, spinosad, on fourth-fifth instar larvae of T. wilkinsoni was studied under laboratory conditions. The product exhibited strong larvicidal activity and at doses above 5 mg litre(-1) caused > 90% mortality in the fourth-fifth larval stages of the species after 72 h. At 72 h the LD50 and LD90 values were 3.26 and 5.69 mg litre(-1) respectively. The results showed that spinosad is highly effective on T. wilkinsoni larvae.
Biology Department, Faculty of Arts and Science, Akdeniz University, 07058 Antalya, Turkey.
Gurkan
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Semiz
Huseyin
H
Cetin
Kani
K
Isik
Atila
A
Yanikoglu
D000818:Animals; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007306:Insecticides; D007814:Larva; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D018942:Macrolides; D009036:Moths; D028223:Pinus / Q000469:parasitology
D004338:Drug Combinations; D007306:Insecticides; D018942:Macrolides; C415329:spinosad