Mahran Zeity*(1) Bayan Muzher(2) Ola Al-Halabi(2) Saher Al-Halabi(2) Raafat Albahlool(1) and Majeda Mofleh(3)
(1). Agriculture Research Center in Lattakia, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research, (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.
(2). Agriculture Research Center in Sweida, (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.
(3). (GCSAR), Damascus, Syria.
(* Corresponding author: Dr. Mahran Zeity. E-Mail: mzma2009@gmail.com).
Received: 23/07/2020 Accepted: 18/08/2020
Abstract
One year old pear shoots showing galls symptoms had been collected during December 2019, Kasab, Latakia, Syria Collected material was kept under lab. conditions till the emerging of the adult insect from each gall at the end of April. Adult insect species that belong to microlepidoptera was identified to be Blastodacna libanotica Diakonoff. This is a new record of this species from Syria.
Keywords: Gall, microlepidoptera, Pear, Kasab.