SURVEY AND LEVEL OF INFESTATION OF SCALE INSECTS (HOMOPTERA: COCCOIDEA) EXISTING IN LIBYA, WITH NEW RECORDS OF THEIR HOST PLANTS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

2 Science Division, Basic Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture University of EL-Marg, Libya

Abstract

This work deals with a survey of scale insects existing in Libya during 2000-2001. It includes the level of Infestation and host plants of this group of insects. Twelve species of scale insects are recorded on 23 host plant species, mostly recorded for the first