Author/Authors :
Arbabi, Masoud Agricultural Research Zoology Department - Iranian Research Institute of plant Protection, Tehran, Iran , Lotfollahi, Parisa Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran , Abaii, Mansour Agricultural Research Entomology Department - Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran , Alazmai, Mohammad Buxus seedling Research Station in Cheshmeh Bolbol of Bander Gaz, Golestan province, Iran , Baradaran, Parvaneh Agricultural Research Zoology Department - Iranian Research Institute of plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
During survey for the pests of Buxus plants in Bandar Gaz, Golestan province, Iran, Eriophyes canestrinii (Nalepa, 1890) was collected on Buxus sempervirens hyrcana (Pojarkova) Tachtadzjan (Buxaceae) and recorded for the first time in Iran. High population of this mite species made damage on the host plant as buds and leaves deformation. Herein Iranian specimens of this mite species was presented and a key to the eriophyoid mite species collected on boxes worldwide and the information about their morphology, type host, type locality and habitus are provided.
Keywords :
Bud gall , Buxus , Damages , Eriophyidae , Pest
