Mustafa Jawad Al-Fayyadh ^(1)*

(1). Agriculture College, Sumer University, Dhi- Qar, Iraq

(*Corresponding author: Mustafa Al-Fayyadh mustafaalfayyedh@gmail.com).

Received:13/08/2021             Accepted:7/03/2022

Abstract: 

A survey of Phytomyza horticola host plants was conducted in fields of Dhi-Qar province from four stations, during the period from January 2019 to January  2021, the infected leave were collected from different plants and the larvae were reared under the conditions of laboratory, the adults were identified according to their taxonomic keys. In current study eleventh families and fourteenth species were recorded as a host plant of Phytomyza horticola in Dhi-Qar province.

Keywords:   Phytomyza horticola, Dhi-Qar, leaf miner, Iraq.

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