Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Cicadellidae

Empoasca punjabensis Singh-Pruthi, 1940*

Localities.

Zonuschay, Maku (Dlabola 1981); Siah chaman-Miyaneh, Miyaneh-Zanjan, Tabriz-Shabestar, Uromieh-Sarv (Dlabola 1971) (Fig. 1, ASh5, AG1, ASh15, ASh16, ASh7, AG2).

Worldwide distribution.

Europe (Bulgaria, French mainland, Greek mainland, South Russia, Ukraine, Yugoslavia), Near East, Oriental region (De Jong 2013).

Comment.

Kheyri (1989) reported this species as an economic pest on sugar beet from Isfahan, Kerman, Fars and Karaj.