MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY ON CAMPYLOMMA VERBASCI MEYER-DURE (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE) AND INSURANCE IT'S CLASSIFICATION AS GENERA AND SPECIES | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
Article 1, Volume 88, Issue 3, September 2010, Page 667-682 PDF (4.28 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2010.188285 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
MOHAMED Z. MAHMALJI1; WAEL ALMATNI2; NUJOUD ALIMAD3; MAHMOUD E. EL-NAGAR4 | ||||
1Plant Protection Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus Univ., Syria | ||||
2Plant Protection Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Syria | ||||
3Plant Protection Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Box (20) Sahnaya, Damascus, Syria | ||||
4Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza | ||||
Abstract | ||||
A new specious Campylomma verbasci was recorded in Syria that causes damage to apple fruits. A newly hatched nymph of C. verbasci collected from infested apple orchards has been reared on Turtica which placed on apple leaf under laboratory conditions during the year 2008 to study of it's morphology. Results showed that its development passes in five nymphal instars to reach adult stage, and we can distinguish between nymphal instsrs by wings pads which appeared in rd nymphal instal- and covered a certain abdomen segment in the next nymphal instars, results showed also there was a significant differences pa0.05 in the following characters body's length, abdomen's width, antenna's length, rostrum's length for nymphal and adult stages | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Campylomma verbasci; commoun mullein bug; pests of apple trees; Assweidaa/Syria | ||||
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