IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jagris/v12y2022i12p2003-d983477.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Spatiotemporal Distribution Patterns of Pest Species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Affected by Meteorological Factors in an Agroecosystem

Author

Listed:
  • Zafar Hussain

    (Department of Entomology, FAST Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan)

  • Zahid Mahmood Sarwar

    (Department of Entomology, FAST Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan)

  • Atif Akbar

    (Department of Statistics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan)

  • Sadeq K. Alhag

    (Biology Department, College of Science and Arts, King Khalid University, Muhayl Asser 63751, Saudi Arabia
    Biology Department, College of Science, Ibb University, Ibb X57F+58P, Yemen)

  • Nazeer Ahmed

    (Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar 23561, Pakistan)

  • Pravej Alam

    (Department of Biology, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16278, Saudi Arabia)

  • Abdulrahman A. Almadiy

    (Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Najran University, Najran 1988, Saudi Arabia)

  • Ferjeni Zouidi

    (Biology Department, College of Science and Arts, King Khalid University, Muhayl Asser 63751, Saudi Arabia)

  • Nilesh Baburao Jawalkar

    (Department of Zoology, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431004, India)

Abstract

Knowing pests’ spatiotemporal distribution patterns is essential for forecasting population outbreaks and designing control tactics or long-term management plans. The family Noctuidae is one of the largest families of the Lepidoptera order. The noctuid’s moths are well represented in all zoogeographic regions in various habitats and have immeasurable ecological and economic importance. Although the species’ ecology has been extensively studied, little is known about the spatial and temporal distribution patterns of noctuid moths in an agroecosystem. Therefore, in this study, the spatial and temporal fluctuations in the abundance of 24 important species in the family were quantified. Yellow light traps were mounted in 11 different selected localities of the Multan district. The maximum species abundance was observed in September but declined in December, January, and February. Spatial contour maps were used to determine the species’ dissemination over space. Meteorological factors such as temperature and humidity showed a significantly positive correlation, while rainfall showed a significantly negative correlation, with species richness. The maximum species abundance was recorded in crop areas as compared to forest areas. This study provides a scientific basis for developing and timely applying control strategies for localized pest control.

Suggested Citation

  • Zafar Hussain & Zahid Mahmood Sarwar & Atif Akbar & Sadeq K. Alhag & Nazeer Ahmed & Pravej Alam & Abdulrahman A. Almadiy & Ferjeni Zouidi & Nilesh Baburao Jawalkar, 2022. "Spatiotemporal Distribution Patterns of Pest Species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Affected by Meteorological Factors in an Agroecosystem," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:12:y:2022:i:12:p:2003-:d:983477
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/12/2003/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/12/2003/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Mojca Rot & Jolanda Persolja & Tanja Bohinc & Ivan Žežlina & Stanislav Trdan, 2023. "Seasonal Dynamics of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in Apple Orchards of Western Slovenia Using Two Trap Types," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-22, July.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:12:y:2022:i:12:p:2003-:d:983477. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.