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A New species of Exaeretopus Newstead (Homoptera: Coccidae) attacking wheat in Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. J. Williams
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, c/o British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.

Abstract

Abstract

Exaeretopus tritici sp. n. is described and illustrated from specimens collected in the Ninevah and Arbil Provinces of Iraq. In 1975, it was present in considerable numbers on the stems and inner surfaces of the leaves of wheat. Triticum aestivum, and the infestations reduced ear and grain size.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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