Device for attracting and controlling the coffee berry borer, <i>Hypothenemus hampei </i>(Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

摘要

The present invention relates to a device coated with a friable composition comprising an insect toxicant wherein the geometry of the device, the presence of openings in the device, the presence of a highly volatile attractant independently located inside the device, and the composition comprising an insect toxicant function together to release an effective concentration of the highly volatile attractant vapor into the environment at a rate that maintains attractancy and at the same time kills the insect as soon as the insect comes into contact with the vapors of the insecticide or the composition impregnated on the surface of the device.

主权项

1. A device for combating insects by attracting the insects and then destroying them, following their arrival on said device, the device comprising:
an elongated body, the elongated body having a top end, a bottom end, and a plurality of openings, wherein the openings each have a diameter between 0.2 and 1.0 mm; an independent dispenser placed near the bottom end of the elongated body; wherein the dispenser includes a liquid and highly volatile insect attractant; wherein vapors of the attractant diffuse through an output on the dispenser until reaching the plurality of openings and dispersing into a surrounding atmosphere; wherein the elongated body is entirely coated with a composition comprising: a binder, an insect attracting pigment, an insect toxicant, and an insect feeding stimulant; and wherein the binder is selected from shellac, shellac with waxes, polymers, natural waxes, chemically modified waxes and synthetic waxes, acrylics, epoxies, alkyds, polyurethanes, linseed oil, tung oil, methyl cellosolve, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, starch, alginates, agar, lignosulphonates and gum Arabic.