Joint influence of meteorological events on light trapping of turnip moth (Scotia segetum Schiff)

• Main Authors: Puskas János, Nowinszky László, Makra László
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: light-trap; turnip moth (Scotta segetum S c h i f f); instability line; convergence zone; cyclogenesis; raining; weather front; air mass; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2298/ZMSPN0610259P

The light-trap collecting results, showing its flight activity, of turnip moth (Scotia segetum S c h i f f) was examined connected with meteorological events. These factors were instability line, the convergence zone, the cyclogenesis, the country-wide rain, the cold- and warm weather fronts, the maritime- and continental moderate, arctic and subtropical air masses used the data published in "Calendar of Weather Phenomena" between 1967 and 1990 by National Meteorological Service. There were 29832 moths caught during 3232 night by 64 light-trap stations in the examined period. During one night more light-traps operated, therefore 25.021 observing data were worked up. We mean that the observing data are the same as the catching data at one night, at one observing station. The data of meteorological events were collected into groups according to their occurrence on one day alone or together with other ones. They were collected into separated groups according to arriving after a day without any meteorological events or if there were any of them on the previous day. The values of relative catch (RC) were calculated daily for each observing stations and generations used the catching data. There was made a comparison between the relative catch (RC) values and the meteorological events belonging to the data and on previous and following days. Then the relative catch values were summarized and averaged daily. The differences of daily average values of significance levels were controlled with t-test in all the groups. More than 95% significance levels were found in 36 groups. The favourable and infavourable influences of each event are the strongest at that time, when have influence not only alone but also with other effects simultaneously or they follow one another in a short time. Our results prove clearly, it is not enough to examine exclusively the modifying influence of each meteorological event on light-trap collecting. The success of light trapping is modified depending on several combinations of each meteorological event and they are not very often the same as the catching result of event to have an influence only.