Study on the fauna and host plants of tortoise beetles, Cassida spp. (Col.: Chrysomelidae) in Gachsaran

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

H. Ostovan ¹ , H. Moradian ²

1 - Department of Entomology, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
2 - Office of Landscape, Gachsaran Oil and Gas Producing Company (GSNISOC), Iran

Received: 2017-12-12 Accepted : 2018-08-01 Published : 2018-08-23

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Abstract :

According to faunistic studies which were carried out on the tortoise beetles genus Cassida, (Chrysomelidae) , in Gachsaran region during the years of 2009-2011. a total of three species, Cassida transcaucasica Borowiec & Swietojanska, C. persica Spaeth and C. palaestina Reiche were collected and identified. These species were identified by Prof. Borowice,L.(Poland). Two new host plants, Platycheat mucronifolia Boiss. Boiss and Centaurea behen L,(Astraceae) are recorded for  two Cassida species from Iran. Cassida persica  feeds on P. mucronifolia and C. transcaucasica  feeds on C. behen.