Megophthalmus scabripennis Edwards, 1915

Mozaffarian, Fariba, 2018, An Identification key to the species of Auchenorrhyncha of Iranian fauna recorded as pests in orchards and a review on the pest status of the species, Zootaxa 4420 (4), pp. 475-501 : 491

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A7D21075-9BFE-4BED-9663-1E18BE4226BC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5984832

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A82F8795-7F16-FFE4-FF3E-5810FC48FDEA

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Megophthalmus scabripennis Edwards, 1915
status

 

Megophthalmus scabripennis Edwards, 1915 View in CoL

Recorded damage and economic importance in the orchards of Iran: Not recorded.

Recorded damage in the orchards of other parts of the world: A potential pest in olive orchards in Turkey and a potential vector for Aster yellows (AY) in vineyards ( Bozbuga & Elekcioglu 2008; Orenstein et al. 2003).

Recorded distribution in Iran: North ( Mozaffarian & Wilson 2016).

Conclusion: The vector status of this species in Iran needs further study.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae

Genus

Megophthalmus

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