MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY ON CAMPYLOMMA VERBASCI MEYER-DURE (HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE) AND INSURANCE IT'S CLASSIFICATION AS GENERA AND SPECIES

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1 Plant Protection Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Damascus Univ., Syria

2 Plant Protection Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Syria

3 Plant Protection Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Box (20) Sahnaya, Damascus, Syria

4 Plant 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

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