Artificial light is frequently used for plant growth and pest attraction traps in greenhouses. In addition, natural enemies may utilize this artificial light for colonization in greenhouses. Orius laevigatus is a biological control agent of whiteflies and thrips. The Y-tube selection test was conducted against O. laevigatus for 11 wavelengths (365, 385, 395, 405, 410-420, 420-430, 440-450, 490-500, 520-530, 590-595 and 620-630 nm) of LED and white light (5000k) for a control . One pipe of the Y-tube was allocated for insect entrance and other two pipes of the Y-tube were installed transparent sticky trap along with white LED and test wavelength, respectively. At least, three replications were conducted for each wavelength and 40 to 60 individuals of O. laevigatus were used for each replication. Attraction rate of 365 to 405 nm wavelength was above 50 % and highest at 385 nm (83.7 %). Attraction rate of 490 to 630 nm was below 20 % and lowest at 620-630 nm (1.4 %). The results indicate that O. laevigatus attracted most to 385 nm wavelength and this light may be useful for using O. laevigatus in green houses. Further research is needed using selected LED wavelength.

• Young-gyun Park(Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
• Min-Jung Kim(Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
• Kyusoon Kim(Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University)
• Joon-Ho Lee(Entomology Program, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)