Sampling methods for Prodiplosis longifila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in limes

Abstract

Dispersion patterns of Prodiplosis longifila were determined for lime Citrus latifolia orchards in Dade County, Florida. Taylor's power law provided a better description of variance-mean relationships for eggs, larvae, and adults than did Iwao's patchiness regression. All insect stages exhibited aggregated patterns of spatial distribution. Color sticky traps placed on the tree canopy provided a more efficient method of sampling populations than ground emergence traps and collection of larval samples. -from Authors