Seasonal population abundance of the chrysanthemum aphids (homoptera, aphididae)‎ in the middle of Iraq with pictorial key to species

الملخص EN

This study was based on the determination of aphid species that infested Chrysanthemum sp.

(Asterales, Asteraceae) in the middle of Iraq; five aphid species belong to subfamily Aphidinae were recorded: Aphis fabae Scopoli, 1763, Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877, Coloradoa rufomaculata (Wilson, 1908), Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette, 1908) and Myzus persicae (Sulzer, 1776).

A.

gossypii was the most dominant species throughout the study period while M.

persicae is the lesser species.