Report of Phycodes radiata (Lep.: Brachodidae) from Iran
Subject Areas : Plant Protection
Hamzeh Ramezani Karim
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Sohrab Imani
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Maryam Basirian
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Rajesh Kumar
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Abstract :
In 2010, during a Research on leaf-feeders of common fig (Ficus carica L.) in Kerman, a new pest was found and identitied as Phycodes radiate (Ochsenheimer, 1808) (Lep. : Brachodidae). The larva feed from upper epidermis and parenchyma tissue of leaves and cause the folding of the leaves by web formation. This is a first report of this species from Iran.
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