Jeju Island has been facing to threat of high-risk invasive pests from tropical areas. To protect domestic agriculture from those invasive pests, APQA has conducted a regular monitoring program on Jeju Island. We collected especially phototactic heteroceran pests by light bucket trap and identified them using their superficial appearances, and also mitochondria COI gene. As a result, a total of 24 families, 136 genera, 193 species, and 819 individuals were collected from around Jeju Island in 2023. Among them, two unidentified epidopteran pests, Palpita sp. (Crambidae) and Xyrosaris sp. (Yponomeutidae) were collected. In the present study, we report two unidentified micro-lepidopteran pests using superficial characteristics and mitochondria COI gene.

본 종설에서는 벼와 옥수수, 콩과작물, 감자, 들깨, 참깨에 대한 주요 나비목 해충 22종의 성페로몬 조성에 대해 국내외에서 연구된 결과들 을 비교하면서 성충 예찰 수단으로 활용 가능한지를 분석하여 간단하게 정리하였다. 이 중 4종의 국내 개체군에서는 성페로몬샘 추출물로부터 성 페로몬 성분들이 동정되고, 야외실험을 통해 그 조성이 규명되었다. 다른 3종에 대해서는 국내 개체군을 이용한 페로몬 화합물의 화학적 동정과 정은 없었으나, 보고된 성페로몬 성분들을 이용한 실내 및 야외에서의 세밀한 조성실험을 통해 국내 개체군에 대한 최적 예찰조성이 선발되었다. 일부 종에 대해서는 최적 예찰미끼 개발을 위해 성페로몬샘에서 발견되는 미량성분의 역할에 대해 검토할 필요가 있다.

농업생산생태계 내 경관의 구조와 구성은 해충과 천적을 비롯한 생물다양성을 결정하는 중요한 요소이다. 이 연구는 경남 거창군 80개 사과원 을 대상으로 경관 구조가 나비목 해충의 발생에 영향을 미칠 수 있는지를 조사하였다. 과수원의 지정학적 특징, 농약 사용패턴과 과원 관리 방법 등에 대한 정보는 설문 조사를 통해 추가로 분석하였다. 과수원 주변 경관 구조는 인공위성자료에 바탕하여 추출하였다. 복숭아순나방 발생량이 가장 많았고, 사과굴나방, 복숭아심식나방, 사과잎말이나방 순으로 발생하였다. 농가에서는 살균제와 살충제를 각 12.4회, 살비제는 2.4회 살포하였다. 대부분 사과원 주변 식생은 사과 또는 논이었으며, 자두, 복숭아, 포도 또는 폐과원이 있을 경우 복숭아순나방 밀도가 특히 높았다. 복숭아심식나방 역시 주변에 복숭아나 포도가 있을 경우 그 발생량이 더 높았다. 사과굴나방은 복숭아, 포도, 폐과원 그리고 대추가 있는 지역에서 발생량이 많았다. 이러한 결과는 농업 지역에서 경관 관리는 농촌 어메니티 개선뿐 아니라 병해충 관리의 차원에서 기능적 다양성을 추구하는 방향으로 진행되어야 한다는 점을 시사한다.

Here, we provided a lucid key for twelve lepidopteran quarantine pests in South Korea. They were selected based on border quarantine inspection data from 1996 to 2016 in S. Korea. They are belonging to eight families: Carposinidae, Crambidae, Pyralidae, Gelechiidae, Oecophoridae, Tineidae, Tortricidae and Geometridae, and also categorized into the three groups: prohibited, regulated and nonquarantine pests. The key includes diagnostic characters from head, thorax, fore- and hind-wings for each species examined.

The Lucid technology as an interactive fully illustrated identification tool, has developed and assisted in the diagnosis of agricultural and quarantine pests and invasive organisms over the past years. In this study, lepidopterans specifically relating to quarantine pests were selected for a lucid key development based on the border inspection data from 1996 to 2016 in South Korea. They belong to four families: Sphingidae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae and Crambidae, and also categorize into the three groups: regulated, potential regulated and non-quarantine pests. The key includes diagnostic characters from head, thorax, fore- and hind-wings for each species examined.

Increasing Lepidopteran pests such as Helicoverpa armigera are emerging pests of corn in Korea. They cause huge yield losses and deteriorate the quality of corn crop. We monitored the four major lepidopteran pests in major highland corn growing areas of Korea by employing sex pheromone trap during 2012 to 2015 for understanding those population dynamics. Among these species, H. armigera was found to be the main pest based on the damage intensity (80 ~ 90% of total damage). Some effective insecticides were selected such as Indoxacarb etc. Optimal timing of spraying was estimated at around 70 days after planting (earing season) to control H. armigera. Additional, two species of parasitoids (Therion circumflexum and Ophioninae sp.) was identified from H. armigera. However, more extensive survey for natural enemies is needed to set the natural enemy based control program.

Beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella and tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura are the three most serious pests of many economically important crops such as cruciferous crops, various vegetables and ornamental plants. Because these pests are known to be resistant to lots of chemical insecticides, integrated control using both or either entomophathogen and/or natural enemy is thought to be an attractive alternative for effective control. One of the obstacles using and expanding mycopesticide is narrow host ranges. At commercial farms, cultivating crops are seriously damaged by various Lepidopteran pests. Farmers want to use a microbial control agent which can control various host insects to reduce cost and labor. In previous study, we selected two entomopathogenic fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, which shown high virulence against beet armyworm. For wide use of the isolates in farm, we tested its host ranges, especially to diamondback moth and tobacco cutworm, which also are serious pest in Korea. The two isolates were shown a good control effect in leaf disc bioassy.

경남 창원과 진주의 농약 무살포 및 유기농 단감원에서 단감 잎을 가해하는 해충을 조사한 결과 국내에서 단감 해충으로 기록되지 않은 3종 을 채집 동정하였다. 동정된 종은 가을뒷노랑밤나방, 푸른빛집명나방, 감잎가는나방(신칭)이었다. 이들의 채집기록, 형태, 기주와 간단한 생태를 조사하여 보고한다.

Prior to 1990s, most farmers customarily sprayed the agrochemicals that only just recommended by association or pesticide dealers, regardless of the monitoring for the disease incidences and pest occurrences. In 1993, agrochemicals sprayed in apple orchards a year had been done about 15 ~16 times. As founded the Apple Research Station (ARS) in 1991, a study for the construction of Integrated Pest Managements (IPMs) were actively done during 1990s and the IPM was paved the way to control on apple diseases and pests during the 2000s. The co-work between ARS and Seoul National University during 1996 to 2001 for the monitoring and development of IPM strategies using sex pheromone made easy understanding for IPM and occurrence monitoring results by showing the pests to apple farmers. Through the 2000s, IPM pilot project for the distribution of IPM technique utilizing sex pheromone trap and mating disrupter to the field has endeavored. Currently, sex pheromone trap plays an important role for monitoring of the major apple pests and the quarantine pest, C. sasakii on apple. Moreover, sex pheromonebased mating disruptor has been used almost all organic apple orchards for the control of one of major fruit-infesting pest, G. molesta and C. sasakii. Henceforth, the application of sex pheromone trap for monitoring as well as the active expansion and provision of mating disruptor for the control is needed. To this, first of all, it is very important to reduce prices by developing the techniques than other things. Second, reinforced education for monitoring staffs must be done continuously to instruct and to consult the farmers with the monitoring results to give guidance. Third, companies competing in good faith will improve and maintain their product quality.

Until now, seven species, Acosmeryx nega, Herpetogramma luctuosalis, Ostrinia furnacalis, Endoclyta excrescens, Spodoptera litura, Paranthrene regalis, and Nippoptilia vitis, have been known as lepidopteran grape pests in Korea (Woo, 1980; Lee, 1981; Kim, 1991; NIAST, 2002; Korea grape community, 2009). We discovered thirteen additional species belonging to eight families from Gwangwon and Chungbuk provinces, Korea. Additionally, we corrected the previous records of Deuterocopus albipunctatus and Nppoptilia vitis. They were identified by adult external or genitalic characters first, and also confirmed by the COI marker, compared with two public databases, NCBI and BOLD.