'The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey'
Doi
Abstract
This study aimed to identify the ground ensign scale insects in 5 provinces (Ağrı, Bitlis, Hakkari, Iğdır, and Van) in eastern
Anatolia, Turkey. In order to achieve this goal, Ortheziidae species were collected from natural and cultivated plants in the 5 provinces
listed above between 2005 and 2008. A total of 3 species were found, among them 2 species (
Orthezia maroccana
Kozár & Konczné
Benedicty and
Orthezia yashushii
Kuwana) that are new records for the Turkish scale insect fauna
