The first report on feeding of Oxycarenus hyalinipennis and Aphis fabae on dodder Cuscuta campestris in Iran
نویسندگان
1 Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran.
2 Ph. D. Student of Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
3 Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran.
4 Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran.
doi
10.48311/jcp.2018.1378چکیده
Some experiments with the aim to identify insects feeding on the dodder Cuscuta campestris Yuncke as an important parasitic flowering plant, resulted in the discovery of two new potential biological control agents namely Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa, 1843) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) and Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763 (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Oxycarenus hyalinipennis was observed feeding extensively on dodder seed capsules that were parasitizing Christ's thorn Jujube tree Ziziphus spina-christi (L.) Wild. Also aphid feeding caused severe damage to the dodder vine wraps on native hopbush Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. This is the first report of O. hyalinipennis and A. fabae feeding on C. campestris highlighting their potential as a biological control agent in Iran.
