TY - JOUR AU - Manoj, P. Dominic AU - Ravi, G. AU - Sithanantham, S. PY - 2018/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Mating status of brinjal shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) male adults caught in sex pheromone traps JF - ENTOMON JA - Entomon VL - 43 IS - 4 SE - Short Communications DO - 10.33307/entomon.v43i4.411 UR - https://www.entomon.in/index.php/Entomon/article/view/411 SP - 291-292 AB - <p>Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer, <em>Leucinodes orbonalis </em>, is a major constraint in brinjal&nbsp;production. Investigation was taken up to understand the mating status of <em>L. orbonalis </em>male adults&nbsp;caught in sex pheromone trap. The genetalia of the male moths were examined for the presence of&nbsp;sperm cells and sperm bundles. The results indicated that 55.38 per cent of males caught in the trap&nbsp;were unmated whereas 26.15 per cent of them are partially mated and 18.40 per cent males are spent&nbsp;ones. The study indicated presence of <em>L orbonalis </em>male moths of different mating status in the&nbsp;pheromone catches.</p> ER -