New Pest Response Guidelines - aphis - US Department of Agriculture

Chapter
4
Contents
Introduction
Survey Procedures
Introduction 4-1
Survey Types 4-2
Preparation, Sanitization, and Clean-Up 4-2
Detection Survey 4-3
Delimiting Survey after Initial U.S. Detection 4-3
Monitoring Survey 4-5
Targeted Survey 4-5
Sentinel Site Survey 4-5
Visual Inspection of Plants 4-5
Pheromone Traps and Chemical Lures 4-10
Light Traps 4-13
Preparing Samples 4-13|
Shipping Samples 4-14
Collecting and Handling Samples and Specimens 4-14
Data Collection 4-14
Cooperation with Other Surveys 4-15
Use Chapter 4 Survey Procedures as a guide when conducting a survey for
Dendrolimus moths, Dendrolimus pini (L), pine-tree lappet (PTL);
Dendrolimus punctatus Walker, Masson Pine caterpillar (MPC); Dendrolimus
sibiricus Tschetverikov, Siberian silk moth (SSM); and Dendrolimus superans
(Butler), Sakhalin silk moth (SaSM). For some sections of this chapter,
Dendrolimus species have been combined where relevant information or
recommendations support similar survey methodology.
12/2012-01 Dendrolimus Pine Moths 4-1