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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2011, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (2): 46-52.

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The study on the insects diversity in the customs supervision treasury area of the capital airport during the Beijing Olympic Games

  

  • Received:2010-05-28 Revised:2010-06-21 Online:2011-01-14 Published:2011-01-14

Abstract:

The customs supervision treasury is an important distribution center of packaging goods imported into China. In order to monitoring effectively some invasive alien species carried by packing materials imported into China during the Beijing Olympic Games, the insect species and diversity was investigated in the customs supervision treasury area of the capital airport by the methods of insect attractants and ultraviolet light trap, from early June to early October in 2008. The results showed that the insects had 211 species, belonging to 11 orders, 64 families. The species of Diptera, Lepidoptera and Coleoptera were most, and accounting for 46%, 22% and 9.5% respectively. In an individual family, the species of Noctuidae and Pyralididae of Lepidoptera were most, and the next were Carabidae, Coccinellidae and Melolonthinae, and they formed a dominant population in the inspecting treasury. The population number of Loxostege sticticalis and Cicadella viridi were most, and accounting for 4.65% and 2.54% respectively, and they becomed a dominant species. In addition, we also found some Hyphantria cunnea and Trichoferus campestris, but the population number of that was fewer. The results were of the very important instructing meaning for monitoring and controlling the occurring of some pests in the customs supervision treasury of Beijing capital airport, and preventing the invasion of alien pests, and protecting the ecological environment security and agricultural and forestry production.