Monosteira unicostata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)

Montemayor, I. & Linnavuori, E., 2012, An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 3207, pp. 22-39 : 30

Monosteira unicostata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)

Distribution in Iran. Golestan ( Heiss 2002), Isfahan ( Jafari et al. 2002), Kerman (Barkhordari et al. 1981), Khorasan ( Modarres Awal 1997a; Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999), Mazandaran ( Heiss 2002; Samin & Linnavuori 2011), Tehran ( Babmorad et al. 2000, 2002, 2007; Babmorad & Sadeghi 2004; Ahadiyat et al. 2010a).

Host records from Iran. Tamarix (Barkhordari et al. 1981; Modarres Awal 1997a), Populus alba (Salicaceae) ( Linnavuori & Modarres Awal 1999), Salix sp. ( Heiss 2002) , P. nigra , P. deltoides , P. alba , P. x. euramericana ( Babmorad & Sadeghi 2004; Babmorad et al. 2002, 2007, 2008); Populus alba , P. deltoides missouriensis , P. euramericana grandis , P. <marilandica, P. nigra , Salix acmophylla , S. alba , S. elbursensis , S. fragilis ( Ahadiyat et al. 2010a,b, tolerance studies).

General distribution. Holomediterranean, extending to Central Asia and North-East China; in South Africa probably introduced ( Péricart & Golub 1996).