Synanthedon caucasica (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a new pest on plane trees in Isfahan, Iran

Subject Areas : Plant Protection

Mohammad Saeid Emami ¹ ()
Javad Karimzadeh Isfahani ² ()
Axel Kallies ³ ()

Received: 2011-06-11 Accepted : 2012-02-06 Published : 2011-02-20

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Abstract :

In recent years, plane trees showed a highly infestation to a species of clearwing moth in Isfahan. Studies on determination of the species indicated that this serious new pest was Synanthedon caucasica Gorbunov (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). The observed plane trees were highly (95.7%) infested to the moth. The mean estimated damage index in different areas of Isfahan varied between 3.3 and 7.4, with an overall mean of 5.5.

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