Monitoring of three Hoplocampa sawfly species in plum orchards

Abstract Three sawfly species ( Hoplocampa minuta, flava, fulviicornis ) have been monitored in plum orchards during the flowering period three consecutive years at different locations Hungary using chromotropic white sticky traps. Black and yellow sawflies H. minuta flava are one of most important pests orchards, however plum-fruit fulvicornis has not yet documented from Hungary. In almost all years, was dominant species, except Cegléd, 2014, where abundant one. terms sex ratio, more males than females were caught traps 2016 Érd, flew into