High-frequency pulsed power supply of LEDs as a way to increase collections of night-flying insects with light traps using diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera, Plutellidae) as an example

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Traps equipped with low-power LEDs are very promising for use in insect pest control due to their safety for the non-target entomofauna. However, the level of natural illumination at night at high latitudes varies greatly and the attractiveness of low-power LEDs in early summer (i. e. during the period of white nights) becomes too weak to ensure acceptable catch of harmful insects in traps. The purpose of this article is to illustrate a successful attempt, using the example of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.), to enhance the attractive effect of low-power LEDs by replacing their direct current supply with a high-frequency pulsed (30 kHz) power supply. Diamondback moth adults were collected in the vicinity of St. Petersburg in 2020–2024 using Delta plastic traps equipped with LEDs and a synthetic sex attractant as a control. The results obtained proved that upgrade of LEDs power supply provides significant increase in diamondback moth adult catch by light traps, exactly 4.57 times during the period of white nights, 3.11 times during the dark nights following them, and 4.45 times during the summer as a whole. The results achieved are important not only from a practical point of view, but also have theoretical value, since the effect of flickering light on insect behaviour has been very insufficiently studied.

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Yu. А. Zakharova

Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт защиты растений

Email: julia_fefelova@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 196608, С.-Петербург, Пушкин, шоссе Подбельского, 3

А. А. Miltsen

Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт защиты растений

Email: miltsen@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, 196608, С.-Петербург, Пушкин, шоссе Подбельского, 3

А. N. Frolov

Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт защиты растений

Author for correspondence.
Email: entomology@vizr.spb.ru
Russian Federation, 196608, С.-Петербург, Пушкин, шоссе Подбельского, 3

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2. Fig. 1. Schematic illustrating the distribution of energy expended for luminescence (red shaded rectangle) when the SDI is supplied with current I (A - constant, B - pulsed) for the observed time period T.

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3. Fig. 2. Meteorological conditions in the summer months of 2020-2024 on the territory of the PPL research and production base.

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4. Fig. 3. Electrical scheme of the electronic block of the trap with SDI at pulse power supply. 1 - LEDs, 2 - photoresistor, 3 - battery,4 - Attiny 25V microcontroller, 5 - illuminance programming button, 6 - choke

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5. Fig. 4. Podecadal dynamics of catching ( ± SE) of cabbage moth adults by traps equipped with DC power supply SDI (red bars) and SPA (green bars) in the experimental field of cabbage PPL VIR in 2020 and 2021.

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6. Fig. 5. Subdecadal dynamics of catching ( ± SE) of cabbage moth adults by traps equipped with high-frequency pulsed current feeding SDIs (red columns) and SPAs (green columns) in the PPL VIR cabbage experimental field in 2022-2024.

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7. Fig. 6. Cardboard plates with glue removed from the traps installed in the experimental field.

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8. Fig. 7. Cardboard plates with glue extracted from the installed in the experimental fieldtraps installed in the experimental field of cabbage PPL VIR, equipped with SDI (A, B), fed with high-frequency pulse current, and SPA (A, D).

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