First report of the aphid species, Cinara pinihabitans (Hem: Lachnidae) on Pinus mugo from Iran

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1 Department of Plant Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Abstract

The aphid species, Cinara pinihabitans (Mordvilko 1894), is newly recorded from Iran. It was collected from mountain pine, Pinus mugo,during a survey on the insect fauna of urban green landscapes of the city of Mashhad, Iran from June 2014 to July 2015.

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Journal of Entomological Society of Iran
Volume 36, Issue 1
June 2016
Pages 75-76

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