Dispersal records of the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), through the Midwest Suction Trap Network

Authors

  • Doris Lagos-Kutz United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
  • David Voegtlin Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Jeffrey Davis Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Department of Entomology, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA
  • Glen Hartman United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA;

Keywords:

host plant, Poaceae, winged females, monitoring, distribution

Abstract

Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), the sugarcane aphid, is an invasive species in the United States. This species is a threat to crops of economic importance including sorghum and sugar cane. Therefore, monitoring dispersal of this pest is necessary to document its geographic expansion. Based on trap catches obtained from the Midwest Suction Trap Network during 2015 to 2017, sugarcane aphids arrived late in the growing season as far as northern Wisconsin. We will continue to monitor the dispersal of this aphid species through the Midwest Suction Trap Network in order to provide information to researchers, extension agents, and producers regarding this agronomically important pest.

 

 

Sumario

Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), el pulgón de la caña de azúcar, es una especie exótica en los Estados Unidos. Esta especie es una amenaza para cultivos de importancia económica como el sorgo y la caña de azúcar. Por lo tanto es necesario monitorear su dispersión para documentar su expansion geográfica. Basados en los individuos colectados a través de la red de trampas de succión del medio oeste de Estados Unidos, desde 2015 hasta 2017, el pulgón de la caña de azúcar llegó tardíamente en la época de crecimiento en los estados norteños incluyendo los conteos del norte de Wisconsin. Vamos a continuar monitoreando esta especie a través de la red de trampas de succión del medio oeste de Estados Unidos y mantendremos informados a investigadores, agentes de extensión, y productores acerca de la dispersión de esta especie de pulgón que es una amenaza para los cultivos.

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Published

2019-04-27

Issue

Vol. 101, No. 3 (September 2018)

Section

Scientific Notes

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