Monitoring ten insect pests in selected orchards in three Azorean Islands: The project CUARENTAGRI

Lucas Lamelas-López; Paulo A V Borges; Elisa Tarantino; Maria Manuela Juliano; Jose Carlos Fontes; Cristina Moules; Ricardo Rodrigues; Jessica Machado; José Adriano Mota; Beatriz Sousa; Helder Amaral; Maria da Conceição Filipe; David H Lopes

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e100942

Monitoring ten insect pests in selected orchards in three Azorean Islands: The project CUARENTAGRI

Biodivers Data J. 2023 Mar 1:11:e100942. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e100942. eCollection 2023.

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c)/Azorean Biodiversity Group, CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Environment, University of the Azores, Rua Capitão João d´Ávila, Pico da Urze Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Portugal.
² IUCN SSC Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal IUCN SSC Mid-Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Portugal.
³ Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Ambiente, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, São Pedro, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Ambiente, Universidade dos Açores, Rua Capitão João d'Ávila, São Pedro, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Portugal.
⁴ CIBIO-Açores, Centro de investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal CIBIO-Açores, Centro de investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Portugal.
⁵ Serviço de Desenvolvimento Agrário da Terceira, Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural, Direção Regional de Agricultura, Vinha Brava, 9701-880, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal Serviço de Desenvolvimento Agrário da Terceira, Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural, Direção Regional de Agricultura, Vinha Brava, 9701-880 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Portugal.
⁶ FRUTER - Associação de Produtores de Frutas, de Produtos Hortícolas e Florícolas da Ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal FRUTER - Associação de Produtores de Frutas, de Produtos Hortícolas e Florícolas da Ilha Terceira Angra do Heroísmo, Azores Portugal.
⁷ Serviço de Desenvolvimento Agrário de São Jorge, Secretaria Regional dae Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural, São Jorge, 9800-423, Urzelina, Azores, Portugal Serviço de Desenvolvimento Agrário de São Jorge, Secretaria Regional dae Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural, São Jorge, 9800-423 Urzelina, Azores Portugal.
⁸ Direção de Serviços de Agricultura, Direção Regional de Agricultura, Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural, Quinta de São Gonçalo, 9500-343, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal Direção de Serviços de Agricultura, Direção Regional de Agricultura, Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural, Quinta de São Gonçalo, 9500-343 Ponta Delgada, Azores Portugal.

Abstract

Background: The data we present are part of the CUARENTAGRI project, which involves all archipelagos of the Macaronesia (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cabo Verde). The project aims to: i) identify and evaluate the risks associated with the introduction of new arthropod pests; ii) study the population dynamics of selected arthropod pest species currently responsible for the damage of key target crops and iii) develop monitoring systems, based on prediction and/or population dynamics of the crop pests, creating warnings and a phytosanitary prevention system. In this contribution, we compile data for three Azorean Islands (Terceira, São Jorge and São Miguel Islands), where pheromone-baited traps were placed in pastures, potato fields and several orchards' types (apples, banana, chestnuts, olives, orange and strawberry), during three consecutive years (2020, 2021 and 2022).

New information: A total of 114,827 specimens of insects (Arthropoda, Insecta) were collected, belonging to four orders, six families and ten recorded pest species. A total of eight species are considered introduced (Cosmopolitessordidus (Germar, 1824), Drosophilasuzukii (Matsumura, 1931), Bactroceraoleae (Rossi, 1790), Ceratitiscapitata (Wiedemann, 1824), Phthorimaeaoperculella (Zeller, 1873), Cydiapomonella (Linnaeus, 1758), Cydiasplendana (Hübner, 1799) and Grapholitamolesta (Busck, 1916); n = 84,986 specimens) and two native non-endemic (Mythimnaunipuncta (Haworth, 1809) and Spodopteralittoralis (Boisduval, 1833); n = 17,465 specimens). This study intended to contribute to a better knowledge of the arthropods pests that can affect the Azorean crops and will serve as a baseline for future monitoring actions, pest risk assessments and prevention systems.

Keywords: Macaronesia; agriculture; dataset; invertebrates; orchards; pest risk; pheromone traps.

Lucas Lamelas-López, Paulo A. V. Borges, Elisa Tarantino, Maria Manuela Juliano, Jose Carlos Fontes, Cristina Moules, Ricardo Rodrigues, Jessica Machado, José Adriano Mota, Beatriz Sousa, Helder Amaral, Maria da Conceição Filipe, David H. Lopes.

Grants and funding

This work was financed under the project CUARENTAGRI by Cooperation Programs INTERREG V A (Spain-Portugal) and MAC 2014-2020. Darwin Core Database management was funded by the Project project FCT-UIDB/00329/2020-2024 (Thematic Line 1 – integrated ecological assessment of environmental change on biodiversity) and Portal da Biodiversidade dos Açores (2022-2023) - PO Azores Project - M1.1.A/INFRAEST CIENT/001/2022.Lucas Lamelas-Lopez was supported by the Project FCT-UIDP/00329/2020-2023.