Notes on some armored scale insects (Hemiptera : Diaspididae)‎ of Iraq

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Sixteen species of Armored Scale insects were recorded from Baghdad city during 2001-2005. Three of these are reported here for the first time Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (Signoret, 1869), Aonidiella citrina (Craw, 1870) and Chrysomphalus aonidium (Linnaeus, 1758). The other thirteen species were recorded earlier Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell), Aonidiella Orientalis (Newstead), Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan), Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis), Diaspidiotu perniciosus (Comctock), Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret), Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman), Lepidosaphes conchiformis(Gmelin), Lepidosaphes Ulmi (Linnaeus), Mercetaspis halli (Green), Parlatoria blanchardi(Targioni-Tozzetti), Parlatoria crypta Mckenzie, Parlatoria pergandii Comstock. Localities, date of collection and host plants were given for all species.