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{"title":"Correction to ‘Reconstruction and Prediction of Invasive Cydia pomonella Population Dynamics: A Laboratory Study’","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/jen.13425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13425","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 <span>Wang, Y.</span>, <span>Wei Z.-H.</span>, <span>Gao P.</span>, <span>Li Y.-T.</span>, <span>LV Y.-T.</span> and <span>Yang X.-Q</span>. <span>2025</span>. “Reconstruction and Prediction of Invasive <i>Cydia pomonella</i> Population Dynamics: A Laboratory Study.” <i>J Appl Entomol</i>, <span>149</span>: <span>157</span>–<span>164</span>. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13368.\u0000 </p><p>In the paper by Wang et al. (2025), there was an error in the Materials and Methods section 2.2. The first sentence read “Healthy adult <i>C. pomonella</i> were carefully selected during the initial stage of eclosion” but this should have read “Healthy adult <i>C. pomonella</i> were segregated and then randomly selected during the initial stage of eclosion.”</p><p>Table 1 also contained errors due to an incorrect analysis. The correct table is shown below.</p><p>We apologize for these errors.</p><p><b>TABLE 1</b>Three successive generations of coding moth reproduction data under different treatment conditions.\u0000 </p><p><i>Note:</i> The data included the number of eggs, larvae, pupae, and female and male adults per generation. Data is mean ± SEM.</p>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"682-683"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jen.13425","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrated Pest Management in Pigeonpea: Progress and Prospects","authors":"Trevor M. Volp,&nbsp;Babu L. Jat,&nbsp;Jagdish Jaba,&nbsp;Myron P. Zalucki,&nbsp;Michael J. Furlong","doi":"10.1111/jen.13414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13414","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Pigeonpea is one of the world's most important grain legume crops. Mostly grown and consumed in India, where it is a staple food, pigeonpea production also occurs elsewhere in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Australia. Despite widespread cultivation and staple food status, pigeonpea yields have barely increased over the last half century. The prevalence and severity of insect pests present major constraints to increasing pigeonpea yields. Two of the most significant pests of pigeonpea are the lepidopteran ‘pod-borers’–<i>Helicoverpa armigera</i> and <i>Maruca vitrata</i>. The pod fly (<i>Melanagromyza obtusa</i>) and several species of pod-feeding Hemiptera are also regular pests, and numerous other minor or sporadic pests have been recorded throughout the cultivated distribution of the crop. Current pigeonpea pest management practices rely heavily on the application of synthetic insecticides. Most research has focused on the management of <i>H. armigera</i>, <i>M. vitrata</i> and <i>M. obtusa</i> due to their damaging feeding behaviour, and the propensity of <i>H. armigera</i> to evolve resistance to synthetic insecticides. Not surprisingly, pest management in pigeonpea is largely based around these three major pests, particularly the lepidopteran pod-borers which appear to be more damaging to modern short-duration cultivars than to older cultivars. A large amount of research has attempted to develop pigeonpea cultivars with conventional host-plant resistance to pod-borers and pod fly, but with limited success. Future pigeonpea pest management research should take a more integrated approach, exploring underexamined areas such as: understanding how modern pigeonpea varieties and traditional landraces respond to pest herbivory, identifying what cultural control methods are available to smallholder farmers, and investigating how biological control can be incorporated into management practices. Future research has the potential to develop IPM strategies in pigeonpea and provide farmers with an alternative to an unsustainable dependence on synthetic insecticides.</p>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"661-681"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jen.13414","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Invasive and Native Non-Crop Plants Support Aphidophagous Insects in Chilli Pepper Agroecosystems","authors":"Clara-Inés Melo-Cerón,&nbsp;Ana Paola Martínez-Falcón,&nbsp;Joel Quijano,&nbsp;Diana N. Duque-Gamboa,&nbsp;Nelson Toro-Perea,&nbsp;Maria R. Manzano","doi":"10.1111/jen.13415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13415","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Understanding the complex interactions between aphids, their natural enemies and surrounding plants is crucial to effectively manage pest aphids in <i>Capsicum</i> crops. While it is known that aphidophagous communities can be found both within and around <i>Capsicum</i> crops, which specific plant species support these beneficial insects remains largely unknown. This study aimed to identify key plant species that could be conserved to promote natural pest control. We sampled and identified pest and non-pest aphids, as well as aphidophagous insects, for over 3 years in 30 <i>Capsicum</i> crops and surrounding non-crop vegetation in Colombian chilli pepper agroecosystems. By combining field observations with molecular techniques, we determined plant-insect associations and the trophic structure of the community. We found that the presence of crop flowers and fruits led to nestedness in plant-insect interaction networks, while flowering crops alone resulted in modularity in the plant-aphid network. A core group of plant and insect species, including <i>Capsicum</i>, the invasive weed <i>Sorghum halepense</i>, the native plants <i>Parthenium hysterophorus</i> and maize (<i>Zea mays</i>), and various aphid and generalist aphidophagous species, formed the most significant interactions within the network. These findings suggest that a diverse plant community, including both native and invasive species, can enhance aphidophagous insect populations and provide a foundation for sustainable pest management strategies in chilli pepper agroecosystems.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"637-651"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Strain-Dependent Performance of Spodoptera frugiperda on Cabbage","authors":"Zhichun Zhang,&nbsp;Hongtao Niu,&nbsp;Dongxiao Zhao,&nbsp;Hanyang Dai,&nbsp;Shuai Sun,&nbsp;Haibo Zhang,&nbsp;Huifang Guo","doi":"10.1111/jen.13417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13417","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The invasion of fall armyworm, <i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i>, originating from the Americas, into numerous provinces of China has emerged as a significant threat to the nation's grain crop production. Other than crops, will <i>S. frugiperda</i> be a threat to vegetable crops in China? Here, we firstly surveyed the occurrence of <i>S. frugiperda</i> in cabbage field in Jiangsu province, China, and then, we detected the strain composition of the natural population on cabbage; after that, we compared the performance of all the field strains on cabbage in the lab. In 2021, <i>S. frugiperda</i> was found in field cabbage in three sites in Jiangsu province, and there were three strains, namely <i>COI</i>corn-<i>Tpi</i>corn strain (<i>COI</i>CS-<i>Tpi</i>CS), <i>COI</i>rice-<i>Tpi</i>corn strain (<i>COI</i>RS-<i>Tpi</i>CS) and <i>COI</i>rice-<i>Tpi</i>rice strain (<i>COI</i>RS-<i>Tpi</i>RS); the dominant strain in Haian and Luhe was <i>COI</i>CS-<i>Tpi</i>CS and <i>COI</i>RS-<i>Tpi</i>CS, respectively. Further investigation on the performance of the three strains on cabbage leaves showed that both the survival rate of larvae and the fecundity of the strain <i>COI</i>RS-<i>Tpi</i>CS were significantly higher than that of the other two strains, whether fed on seedlings or ball leaves, which showed divergent performance among the three strains on cabbage. These findings underscore the potential threat posed by <i>S. frugiperda</i> to vegetable production in China.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"652-660"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Possible Limitations in the Management of a Small Ant Pest Species (Plagiolepis alluaudi) Using Gel Baits","authors":"Johnalyn M. Gordon,&nbsp;Asher Timar,&nbsp;Andrea Lucky,&nbsp;Faith M. Oi,&nbsp;Thomas Chouvenc","doi":"10.1111/jen.13411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13411","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Alluaud's little yellow ant, <i>Plagiolepis alluaudi</i> Emery 1894, (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is an emerging nuisance species in floriculture and residential areas around the globe. Originally described from Madagascar, it ranks among the smallest widespread formicine pests. To date, no evaluations of management protocols for this species have been reported. In ants, feeding preference is related to ant body size and viscosity and nutritional content of the food source. Optimizing these factors could lead to improved bait performance. To assess population management implications of various bait parameters on a small pest ant species, four commercial ant baits of varying viscosities, active ingredient (AI) group and concentration, and nutritional content were evaluated in laboratory and field assays against <i>P. alluaudi</i>. All four products negatively affected <i>P. alluaudi</i> survival compared to the untreated control, and all products were associated with greater visitation compared to the control, suggesting all AIs tested are viable candidates for <i>P. alluaudi</i> management. However, their direct use for population management in the field may be limited, as feeding cessation was eventually observed on all four baits. When baits were diluted with water, viscosity was reduced and survival was initially higher compared to with undiluted baits. However, similarly low levels of survival were maintained over time. Most importantly, we found in a 2-year observational field study involving sustained baiting within an infested structure that only the bait formulation with the lowest overall viscosity was able to alleviate <i>P. alluaudi</i> nuisance indoors. Our results suggest that diluting baits may be a viable strategy for targeting very small pest ant species, and the greater time to lethality of diluted baits, resulting from reduced toxicant concentration, may be a reasonable trade-off allowing smaller ant species to continue feeding for a sufficient duration on a bait formulation.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"626-636"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Population Biology of Begomovirus Viruliferous Whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) and Its Associated Endosymbionts in the Cucurbitaceous Ecosystem of Tamil Nadu, India","authors":"Kathiresan Sivagnanapazham,&nbsp;Gandhi Karthikeyan,&nbsp;Sankarasubramanian Harish,&nbsp;Marimuthu Murugan,&nbsp;Harinarayanan Usha Nandhini Devi","doi":"10.1111/jen.13408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13408","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The sweet potato whitefly, <i>Bemisia tabaci</i> (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a polyphagous, phloem sap-feeding pest of highly economically important crops. This pest infests more than 600 horticultural and agricultural crops. It is thought to be a complex of physically similar cryptic species with variations in their genetic, physiological and biological characteristics. In the present study, the incidence of the cryptic species <i>B. tabaci</i> and the viruliferous nature of whiteflies with begomovirus in cucurbitaceous crops from seven agroclimatic zones of Tamil Nadu were assessed. Based on the available sequence data, we report the occurrence of four major cryptic species of whiteflies recorded in Tamil Nadu. The identified cryptic species of <i>B. tabaci</i>, viz., Asia I, Asia II (5), Asia II (7) and Asia II (8) were observed in all 22 locations in Tamil Nadu. The predominant occurrence of <i>B. tabaci</i> Asia I was recorded in three agroclimatic zones, viz., the western, north western and high-rainfall zones of Tamil Nadu. Asia II (5) was detected in all six agroclimatic zones, while Asia II (8) was detected in the western, north western and southern zones of Tamil Nadu. Asia II (7) was the only cryptic species recorded in the western zone of Tamil Nadu. Studies on endosymbiont associations with these whiteflies revealed the presence of <i>Portiera</i> (PP593660), <i>Fritchea</i> (PP600138), <i>Cardinium</i> (PP600148), <i>Hamiltonella</i> (PP593664), <i>Wolbachia</i> (PP593662) and <i>Rickettsia</i> (PP590220) in the reported cryptic species of <i>B. tabaci</i>. Hap_2, hap_14, hap_35, hap_42, hap_79 and hap_80 were the haplotypes of <i>B. tabaci</i> on cucurbitaceous crops in Tamil Nadu. Asia II (5) exhibited the highest haplotype diversity, and Asia I showed a high level of nucleotide diversity. These results will be useful for understanding outbreaks of <i>B. tabaci</i> and developing efficient management strategies for viruses that are transmitted by <i>B. tabaci</i>.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"609-625"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Harshing the Vibes: Behavioural Responses to Predation and Deterrent Vibrational Playback in Scolypopa Australis (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae)","authors":"Mark S. MacDougall,&nbsp;Ximena J. Nelson,&nbsp;Lloyd D. Stringer","doi":"10.1111/jen.13412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13412","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The use of substrate borne vibrational playback to control insect pests is a rapidly growing line of research targeting many problematic species. Among the control approaches currently being tested, vibrational deterrent playbacks that aim to prevent feeding and to drive pests away from the target area are comparatively under-explored. In experiments involving an introduced pest of New Zealand orchards, the passion vine hopper (PVH, <i>Scolypopa australis</i>), we investigated PVH anti-predator behaviour and alarm call responses and the potential use of alarm calls as vibration-based deterrent stimuli. We used laser-Doppler vibrometry and video recordings to assess the vibrational and behavioural responses of PVH to the presence of a predator (<i>Maratus griseus</i> jumping spider), serendipitously discovering a new female call possibly involved in mate rejection. In our tests, we did not find evidence of any vibrational alarm calls in PVH, which showed a significantly reduced rate of general vibration-based signalling and reduced propensity to call overall compared to control recordings. Instead, PVH responded to a predator threat with a rapid jumping escape response in 87.5% of attacks. We also tested the efficacy of three deterrent vibrational playbacks on driving PVH movement away from a source point, finding that a broad-band white noise playback spanning 301–688 Hz induced significant movement away from the playback source compared with silent controls. As preliminary proof of concept, we hope these results will assist in developing successful vibrational deterrence for PVH.</p>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"598-608"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jen.13412","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143830981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Shoot Fly Resistance in Sorghum: An Overview","authors":"Naveen Arora,&nbsp;Joorie Bhattacharya,&nbsp;Aishwarya R. Shankhapal,&nbsp;Suraj Prashad Mishra,&nbsp;Ashutosh Desale,&nbsp;Jagdish Jaba,&nbsp;Rahul B. Nitnavare","doi":"10.1111/jen.13407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13407","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Sorghum is an annual diploid C₄ plant largely grown for food, fodder and feed purposes. Several insect pests pose major challenges to sorghum production from the seedling stage to maturity, among which the sorghum shoot fly <i>Atherigona soccata</i> (Rondani) is a major pest across Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Europe. Infestation by the pest is prevalent both during rainy and postrainy seasons. The exploitation of host-plant resistance can play a vital role in breeding for resistance to shoot flies. The shoot fly causes significant grain and fodder yield losses in sorghum in semi-arid regions. An integrated approach for host-plant resistance that combines morphological, genetic/molecular and agronomic approaches is key for the management of shoot fly infestations and the subsequent increase in sorghum productivity. To complement traditional breeding approaches, intervention in genomic approaches is required to enhance breeding efficiency. This review focuses on genetic approaches in sorghum for integrating shoot fly resistance and exploring genetic inheritance, variability and trait associations, including shoot fly resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs).</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"583-597"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Agroecological Pest Control Through Mulch in Potatoes—Delayed Population Development of Leptinotarsa decemlineata","authors":"Christiane Weiler,&nbsp;Simeon Leisch,&nbsp;Stephan Martin Junge,&nbsp;Maria Renate Finckh","doi":"10.1111/jen.13406","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Leptinotarsa decemlineata</i> even in organic potatoes, it is often managed using pesticides. Mulching potatoes represents an alternative to reduce egg masses and larvae of <i>L. decemlineata</i>. In three 4-fold replicated field trials with unmulched control plots (a) in comparison to plots mulched with grass-clover (b) or triticale-vetch (c) the effects on <i>L. decemlineata</i> population dynamics were assessed. In 2020 and 2021, larvae and their respective developmental stage of <i>L. decemlineata</i> were recorded twice weekly on 30 marked potato plants per plot. In 2022 assessments took place 3 times during the season on 16 plants per plot. To examine the influence of changed microclimatic conditions due to mulching, temperature loggers were installed 15°cm above the canopy and belowground. The number of larvae of <i>L. decemlineata</i> was significantly reduced by 65%, on average, in the mulched treatments and higher larval stages occurred later and in lower numbers compared to the unmulched plots. In 2022, a second-generation adults of <i>L. decemlineata</i> occurred whose numbers were significantly reduced by about 90% in the mulched plots. During warm and hot weather, the canopy temperatures in the mulched plots considerably exceeded those of the unmulched plots, often reaching peak temperatures well above the optimum for <i>L. decemlineata</i> development. Mulching leads either to delayed or reduced immigration of adult beetles as well as potentially to slower egg and larval development.</p>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"573-582"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jen.13406","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Machine Learning Algorithm-Based Approach (MaxEnt) for Predicting Habitat Suitability of Formica rufa","authors":"Gonca Ece Özcan,&nbsp;Eda Ünel,&nbsp;Fatih Sivrikaya","doi":"10.1111/jen.13403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13403","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Machine learning techniques are quite effective for simulating species habitat appropriateness. Species distribution models are statistical algorithms founded on the ecological niche idea. These models estimate the association between existing species records and the environmental and spatial characteristics of the habitat. From 2022 to 2023, a field survey was conducted in the Kastamonu Forest Enterprise, resulting in the identification of 267 active <i>Formica rufa</i> nests. The habitat preferences of <i>F.rufa</i> were assessed based on factors such as stand characteristics, topography and climatic variables. MaxEnt, a prevalent machine learning technique for predicting species habitat suitability, was employed in the habitat suitability modelling of <i>F. rufa</i>. 30 distinct variables were employed in the modelling process. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis examined model accuracy. AUC was 0.941 for training data and 0.946 for test data. With 39.5% of the model, the development stage is the most important variable for <i>F. rufa</i> habitat selection. The development stage, productivity and temperature annual range (BIO7) variables make up 75.1% of the model. The habitat suitability map shows that 79% of <i>F. rufa</i> nests are in moderately and highly appropriate areas. The <i>F. rufa</i> group, widely prevalent in northern hemisphere forests, significantly impacts forest ecosystems and is recognised as the foremost bioindicator species within these environments. Determining the elements that affect habitat selection by these species is essential for their conservation and management.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":14987,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Entomology","volume":"149 4","pages":"558-572"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}