تسجيل جديد لحشرة تربس البطيخ (Thysanoptera : Thripidae)‎ Thrips palmi Karny 1925 في العراق

الملخص EN

Melon thrip samples were collected from Baghdad and Karkalla Governorates in Iraq during 2009 and 2010 from leaves and flowers of many crops such as potato, tomato, eggplant, cucumber and melon in the field and greenhouses.

The morphological characters were examined and compared with the available keys.

The mite was identified as Thrips palmi Karny 1925, and this is the first record of this species in Iraq.